We’ve been going through literary terms, and one of you asked me about Shakespearean phrases that have become adages (or sayings that often embody a common observation). These aren’t all necessarily adages, but they are phrases and words that Shakespeare has been given credit for. In honor of Shakespeare’s (likely) birthday on April 23, I have some of his more famous phrases for you. If you’d like more information, check out this webpage with the gross name: No Sweat Shakespeare.
§ all that glitters isn’t gold
§ all the world’s a stage
§ barefaced
§ be all and end all
§ break the ice
§ breathe one’s last
§ brevity is the soul of wit
§ catch a cold
§ clothes make the man
§ disgraceful conduct
§ dog will have his day
§ eat out of house and home
§ elbow room
§ fair play
§ fancy-free
§ flaming youth
§ foregone conclusion
§ frailty, thy name is woman
§ give the devil his due
§ green eyed monster
§ heart of gold
§ hot-blooded
§ it smells to heaven
§ it’s Greek to me
§ lackluster
§ leapfrog
§ live long day
§ long-haired
§ method in his madness
§ mind’s eye
§ ministering angel
§ more sinned against than sinning
§ naked truth
§ neither a borrower nor a lender be
§ one fell swoop
§ outrageous fortune
§ pitched battle
§ primrose path
§ strange bedfellows
§ the course of true love never did run smooth
§ the lady doth protest too much
§ the milk of human kindness
§ to thine own self be true
§ too much of a good thing
§ towering passion
§ wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve
§ witching time of the night
The world is certainly more interesting with these words and phrases in it! (Next time, I’ll share more of your haiku submissions.)
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