It is said that "too much of a good thing" (i.e.
" Too much of a good thing" ( As You Like It). If someone denies something more than once, you can say "the lady doth protest too much," meaning you think that they feel the opposite of what they are saying. " The lady doth protest too much" ( Hamlet). “ Such stuff as dreams are made on” ( The Tempest)ĭescribes when something is so good that it is just like a dream. When this phrase is used it is talking about a cruel or unusual punishment. “ Pound of flesh” ( The Merchant of Venice). When you say, "it's Greek to me," you are admitting that you do not know or understand something. To be "in a pickle" is to be in trouble or in a situation that you cannot easily get out of. To be a laughing stock is to be considered a joke by many people. " A laughing stock" ( The Merry Wives of Windsor). They’ve eaten so much that all the food is gone.įollow the rules, especially in competitions or sports. You might hear parents say this about teenagers a lot. “ Eaten me out of house and home” ( 2 Henry IV). This describes someone that is evil and scheming like a reincarnation of the devil. Whatever is going to happen is going to happen. “ Come what come may” ("come what may") ( Macbeth). It’s a form of consolidation, but it is a bad consolidation since the whole situation is bad like dropping the inflation rate for millions of unemployed would be a “cold comfort.” Often when you meet someone for the first time, you "break the ice" by asking them polite questions about themselves.Īlthough not always true, this phrase implies that how a person dresses tells you something about who they are as a person. " Break the ice" ( The Taming of the Shrew). This means something happened to you that was pure chance or luck. “ As good luck would have it” ( The Merry Wives of Windsor). We usually use this phrase after we discover that something that looks good turns out not to be that great, and substitute "glitters" for "glisters." " All that glisters is not gold." ( Merchant of Venice). Many of these famous quotes are sure to be familiar. Shakespeare didn't just increase the number of new words in the dictionary, he also coined some colloquial phrases. The watchdog group PETA exposes wrongful actions against animals. watchdog - a person or group that keeps a close watch to discover wrong or illegal activity. You might use skim milk with your cereal. skim milk - milk where the fat is removed. Sometimes people who judge others harshly are sanctimonious. 
sanctimonious - pretending to be very religious or righteous.Your teenager might have overblown dreams of success and glory. If a boy likes a girl, he might sing her an ode, especially in movies. You are in luck if you can say that you have a multitudinous amount of friends. The woman was lonely in the house without her beloved dog. The long-legged girl had trouble sitting in the back seat. hostile - an unfriendly person or demeanorĪ neighbor that fights with you over a tree might be considered hostile.Many people's savings dwindle after losing a job. dwindle - to get smaller diminish often used to describe money.dexterously - skillful, especially in the use of one's hands (or also one's mind)Ī good carpenter can dexterously build a bookshelf very easily.Many people like to sit and watch the coming of the new dawn. dawn - the beginning appearance of light when the sun rises.Ghosts are sometimes said to be followed by the loud clangor of chains. Sometimes celebrities and politicians are castigated in the press more harshly than ordinary citizens. She packed her personal belongings in her bag to leave. belongings - a person’s moveable possessions.When someone tells a barefaced lie, it is not a very good one, and you immediately know it is not true. barefaced - shameless without concealment or disguise.If you accuse someone of wrongdoing, make sure you have evidence and it is not a baseless accusation. baseless - without a foundation not based on fact.
auspicious - favorable promising success a good omen.admirable - something that deserves respect or admiration.Here are some words we still commonly use that first appeared in Shakespeare's plays, along with the meaning and an example sentence:
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