Shakespearean Phrases
Can you fill the blanks in these phrases that were invented or popularized by Shakespeare?
Some phrases modified to fit modern usage
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WanderingWalrus
+6
Level 72
Oct 30, 2019
All that GLISTERS is not gold
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Oct 30, 2019
"Some phrases modified to fit modern usage"
OfficerDibble
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Level 74
Oct 31, 2019
Yeah, fair enough I think. People do often quote the original in this case, but I doubt the use the word 'glister' in any other context.
Bonzo007
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Level 67
Dec 4, 2019
Yeah, but it's a quiz about quotes. I'm with the Walrus.
EcceHomo
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Level 64
Nov 12, 2020
I am too. It's known for being glisters, precisely because it is archaic.
Susie222
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Level 59
Dec 5, 2019
I agree with Walrus, too. After all "bated," "hoist," "doth," and "swoop" enjoy limited "modern usage."
APHill
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Level 73
Oct 30, 2019
Easy-peasy - done in 35 seconds.
blizzrd33
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Level 73
Oct 30, 2019
Would you accept "who is there" as a type in?
samiamco
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Level 72
Nov 12, 2019
But that’s not the response to “Knock knock?”. Literally nobody would answer “Who is there?”, even if they’d never read a word of Shakespeare.
TravelingMama
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Level 70
Nov 1, 2019
So interesting. I didn't realize so many of these came from Shakespeare.
Jerry928
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Level 74
Nov 2, 2019
Formatting: Maybe merge the The Tempest cells?
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Nov 2, 2019
Okay
samiamco
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Level 72
Nov 12, 2019
Ah, Shakespeare. Man that guy could coin a phrase! There could easily be five more of these quizzes.
jmellor13
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Level 65
Dec 4, 2019
No kidding. Off the top of my head..."my kingdom for a horse," "green-eyed monster," "break the ice," "as luck would have it," "kill with kindness," "eat out of house and home," "love is blind," and my personal favorite, "the stuff that dreams are made of." I'm sure there are a bunch more. It's been a while since I read some his plays.
DrWhoFanJ
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Level 44
Sep 9, 2020
"The stuff that dreams are made ON", not 'of'.
EcceHomo
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Level 64
Nov 12, 2020
There's a UK TV comedy show called Upstart Crow which 'reveals' that Shakespeare didn't so much coin these phrases as collect them and use them, but not necessarily first. There's a running joke that he retroactively claims some phrases as his own, that simply weren't. Obviously it's not serious, but it makes you question these things....and it's very funny, in an English and theatrical kind of way.
ander217
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Level 79
Dec 4, 2019
I couldn't remember what is afoot. It's so frustrating when you know you know it, but you don't know it.
nerdalert
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Level 66
Jun 19, 2020
The GOAT
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