Many people, today, when given something Shakespearean to read, may complain that the language is difficult and archaic even, but did you that know many of the idioms and phrases that we use daily first appeared in Shakespeare's plays.
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Here are some of the most popular Shakespeare phrases in common use today:
- A laughing stock (The Merry Wives of Windsor)
- A sorry sight (Macbeth)
- As dead as a doornail (Henry VI)
- Eaten out of house and home (Henry V, Part 2)
- Fair play (The Tempest)
- I will wear my heart upon my sleeve (Othello)
- In a pickle (The Tempest)
- In stitches (Twelfth Night)
- In the twinkling of an eye (The Merchant Of Venice)
- Mum's the word (Henry VI, Part 2)
- Neither here nor there (Othello)
- Send him packing (Henry IV)
- Set your teeth on edge (Henry IV)
- There's method in my madness (Hamlet)
- Too much of a good thing (As You Like It)
- Vanish into thin air (Othello)
Information sourced Via: about.com
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