What phrases, words or quotes by (in my opinion) Britain's greatest ever wordsmiths have found themselves in everyday usage here in the 21st Century?
2006-07-26 02:27:36 · 7 answers · asked by Sitting Still 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
"The course of true love never did run smooth."
--From A Midsummer Night's Dream
2006-07-26 02:34:03 · answer #1 · answered by thegirlwholovedbrains 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
When justice is served, one is seen as getting his "just deserts." From Shakespeare: If everyman was to be served his just deserts, none would escape a severe thrashing with a stick. (I have paraphrased and used 21st century language on this "quote" with major apologies to WS.)
2006-07-26 02:38:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."
-Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 2
"Trifles make the sum of life."
-Dickens, David Copperfield
2006-07-26 03:12:51 · answer #3 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
assassin was invented by Shakespeare, I think? I learnt in English at school, but teachers have been known to lie!
2006-07-26 02:31:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The play's the thing" from Hamlet
"All our yesterdays" from Macbeth
2006-07-26 10:32:32 · answer #5 · answered by Floppy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The worst is not
So long as we can say "This is the worst."
2006-07-26 03:19:16 · answer #6 · answered by sweet & sour 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Out Damn Spot, Out I Say"
2006-07-26 02:39:00 · answer #7 · answered by lanarklassie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋