{"id":302,"date":"2021-10-06T11:23:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/?p=302"},"modified":"2021-10-06T11:23:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:23:31","slug":"90-words-and-phrases-that-came-from-shakespeare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/06\/90-words-and-phrases-that-came-from-shakespeare\/","title":{"rendered":"90 Words and Phrases That Came from Shakespeare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you think his language is \u201csuch stuff as dreams are made on\u201d or not for the \u201cfaint-hearted,\u201d it&#8217;s a &#8220;foregone conclusion&#8221; that Shakespeare has made a huge impact on the words and phrases we use every day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some of Shakespeare&#8217;s best-known words and phrases still in common use today, courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/books\/features\/william-shakespeare-400th-anniversary-60-everyday-words-and-phrases-you-never-knew-came-from-the-a6975111.html\">The Independent<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbcamerica.com\/anglophenia\/2014\/04\/45-phrases-coined-shakespeare-450th-birthday\">BBC America<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cAddiction\u201d \u2014 <em>Othello<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cAll of a sudden\u201d \u2014 <em>The Taming of the Shrew<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cAll our yesterdays\u201d\u2014 Macbeth<\/li><li>\u201cArch-villain\u201d \u2014 <em>Timon of Athens<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cAs good luck would have it\u201d \u2014 <em>The Merry Wives of Windsor<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cAs merry as the day is long\u201d \u2014 <em>Much Ado About Nothing \/ King John<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cAssassination\u201d \u2014 <em>Macbeth<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cBated breath\u201d \u2014 <em>The Merchant of Venice<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cBe-all and the end-all\u201d \u2014 <em>Macbeth<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cBedazzled\u201d \u2014 <em>The Taming of the Shrew<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cBloodstained\u201d \u2014 <em>Titus Andronicus<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cBrave new world\u201d \u2014 <em>The Tempest<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cBreak the ice\u201d \u2014 <em>The Taming of the Shrew<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cBrevity is the soul of wit\u201d \u2014 <em>Hamlet<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cCatch a cold\u201d \u2014 <em>Cymbeline<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cCold comfort\u201d \u2014 <em>The Taming of the Shrew \/ King John<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cCome what, come may\u201d \u2014 <em>Macbeth<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cConscience does make cowards of us all\u201d \u2014 <em>Hamlet<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cCrack of doom\u201d \u2014 <em>Macbeth<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cCry havoc and let slip the dogs of war\u201d \u2014 <em>Julius Caesar<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cDead as a doornail\u201d \u2014 <em>Henry VI, Part II<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cDevil incarnate\u201d \u2014 <em>Titus Andronicus \/ Henry V<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cA dish fit for the gods\u201d \u2014 <em>Julius Caesar<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cDishearten\u201d \u2014 <em>Henry V<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cEaten me out of house and home\u201d \u2014 <em>Henry IV Part II<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cEpileptic\u201d \u2014 <em>King Lear<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cEventful\u201d \u2014 <em>As You Like It<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cFaint hearted\u201d \u2014 <em>Henry VI Part I<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cFancy-free\u201d \u2014 <em>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cFashionable\u201d \u2014 <em>Troilus and Cressida<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cFor goodness\u2019 sake\u201d \u2014 <em>Henry VIII<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cForegone conclusion\u201d \u2014 <em>Othello<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cForever and a day\u201d \u2014 <em>As You Like It<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cFull circle\u201d \u2014 <em>King Lear<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cThe game is afoot\u201d \u2014 <em>Henry IV Part I<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cGive the devil his due\u201d \u2014 <em>Henry IV Part I<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cGood riddance\u201d \u2014 <em>Troilus and Cressida<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cGrovel\u201d \u2014 <em>Henry IV<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cHeart of gold\u201d \u2014 <em>Henry V<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cHoist with his own petard\u201d \u2014 <em>Hamlet<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cHot-blooded\u201d \u2014 <em>King Lear<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cIll wind which blows no man to good\u201d \u2014 <em>Henry IV Part II<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cIn my heart of hearts\u201d \u2014 <em>Hamlet<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cIn my mind\u2019s eye\u201d \u2014 <em>Hamlet<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cIn stitches\u201d \u2014 <em>Twelfth Night<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cJaded\u201d \u2014 <em>King Henry VI<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cJealousy is the green-eyed monster\u201d \u2014 <em>Othello<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cKill with kindness\u201d \u2014 <em>The Taming of the Shrew<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cKnock knock! Who\u2019s there?\u201d \u2014 <em>Macbeth<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cLaughable\u201d \u2014 <em>The Merchant of Venice<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cLaughing stock\u201d \u2014 <em>The Merry Wives of Windsor<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cLie low\u201d \u2014 <em>Much Ado About Nothing<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cLive long day\u201d \u2014 <em>Julius Caesar<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cLonely\u201d \u2014 <em>Coriolanus<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cLove is blind\u201d \u2014 <em>The Merchant of Venice<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cManager\u201d \u2014 <em>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cMilk of human kindness\u201d \u2014 <em>Macbeth<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cMore sinned against than sinning\u201d \u2014 <em>King Lear<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cMum\u2019s the word\u201d \u2014 <em>Henry VI, Part II<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cNegotiate\u201d \u2014 <em>Much Ado About Nothing<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cNeither a borrower nor a lender be\u201d \u2014 <em>Hamlet<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cNeither here nor there\u201d \u2014 <em>Othello<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cNew-fangled\u201d \u2014 <em>Love\u2019s Labour\u2019s Lost<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cNot slept one wink\u201d \u2014 <em>Cymbeline<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cObscene\u201d \u2014 <em>Love\u2019s Labour\u2019s Lost<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cOne fell swoop\u201d \u2014 <em>Macbeth<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cOwn flesh and blood\u201d \u2014 <em>Hamlet<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cPlay fast and loose\u201d \u2014 <em>King John<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cPuking\u201d \u2014 <em>As You Like It<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cRant\u201d \u2014 <em>Hamlet<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cRefuse to budge an inch\u201d \u2014 <em>Measure for Measure \/ The Taming of the Shrew<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cSalad days\u201d \u2014 <em>Antony and Cleopatra<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cScuffle\u201d \u2014 <em>Antony and Cleopatra<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cSend packing\u201d \u2014 <em>Henry IV<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cSet my teeth on edge\u201d \u2014 <em>Henry IV Part I<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cThe silliest stuff that ever I heard\u201d \u2014 <em>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cA sorry sight\u201d \u2014 <em>Macbeth<\/em><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">\u201cSpotless reputation\u201d \u2014 <\/span><em style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Richard II<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cSuch stuff as dreams are made on\u201d \u2014 <em>The Tempest<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cSwagger\u201d \u2014 <em>Henry V<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cThere\u2019s method in my madness\u201d \u2014 <em>Hamlet<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cToo much of a good thing\u201d \u2014 <em>As You Like It<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cUncomfortable\u201d \u2014 <em>Romeo and Juliet<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cUnreal\u201d \u2014 <em>Macbeth<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cVanish into thin air\u201d \u2014 <em>Othello<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cWear my heart upon my sleeve\u201d \u2014 <em>Othello<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cWhat\u2019s done is done\u201d \u2014 <em>Macbeth<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cWild-goose chase\u201d \u2014 <em>Romeo and Juliet<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cWith bated breath\u201d \u2014 <em>The Merchant of Venice<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cThe world\u2019s mine oyster\u201d \u2014 <em>The Merry Wives of Windsor<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cZany\u201d \u2014 <em>Love\u2019s Labour\u2019s Lost<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if 90 words and phrases are not already \u201ctoo much of a good thing,\u201d check out these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.litcharts.com\/blog\/shakespeare\/words-shakespeare-invented\/\">422 words that Shakespeare invented<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you think his language is \u201csuch stuff as dreams are made on\u201d or not for the \u201cfaint-hearted,\u201d it&#8217;s a &#8220;foregone conclusion&#8221; 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