Who says you have to have read Shakespeare to quote him? Actually, I love Shakespeare and count sitting under the stars on chilly evenings in Kings Park, Perth, enjoying a Shakespearean play as one of the more pleasant things to do in this wonderful city.
Can't quote the Bard by verse but have definitely, and unwittingly, used his words on countless occasions. Here are some of them:
* A dish fit for the gods
* A foregone conclusion
* A fool's paradise
* A plague on both your houses (love it)
* A sea change
* A sorry sight
* All that glitters is not gold
* All's well that ends well
* As dead as a doornail
* Bag and baggage
* (But for my own part) it was Greek to me
* Discretion is the better part of valour
* Eaten out of house and home
* For ever and a day
* I have not slept one wink
* In a pickle
* In stitches
* In the twinkling of an eye
* Hot blooded
* High time
* Green-eyed monster
* Love is blind
* Mum's the word
* Send him packing
* Set your teeth on edge
* Star-crossed lovers
* Such stuff as dreams are made
* Too much of a good thing
Gosh! The list goes on and on and I so love him... what a genius. And if you don't agree, it doesn't matter because I am screwing my courage to the sticking place.
I like , "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?". haha!
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