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Shakespearean phrases frequently used in today’s discourse (2)

    
Here’s are 30 more of the Bard’s memorable sayings still in use today.

In the twinkling of an eye

It was Greek to me

Love is blind

Make your hair stand on end

Milk of human kindness

Much Ado about Nothing

Mum’s the word

Out of the jaws of death

Pound of flesh

Rhyme nor reason

Screw your courage to the sticking place

Short shrift

Some are [...]

Shakespearean phrases frequently used in today’s discourse (1)

    
There are many, many phrases and quotes that William Shakespeare penned for his plays centuries ago that are still frequently used today. In the first of two postings, here’s a selected list of 30 of the most common of the Bard’s memorable – and timeless – sayings.

A dish fit for the gods

A fool’s paradise

A [...]

Top-10 Modern Phrases Originating from a Shakespeare Play

     
Here are the Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary’s top-10 phrases used in our language today that have been taken from one of the masterful Bard’s works.
 
#1: Green-Eyed Monster
#2: In a Pickle
#3: Love is Blind
#4: Salad Days
#5: Wear My Heart on My Sleeve
#6: There’s the Rub
#7: Cruel to Be Kind
#8: Wild Goose Chase
#9: Dogs of War
#10: Strange [...]

The Mastery of William Shakespeare

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts - (As You Like It - Act II, Scene VII)

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust [...]