How Shakespearean are you? / myLot

Australia

April 30, 2025 4:35pm CST

I saw this little printout at work (wonder who has the time to do this!) that listed a whole lot of phrases that were apparently created or made popular by Shakespeare. I was surprised as some of them are really common ones we use these days. What's your favorite among these? 'Vanish into thin air' - that's something I use often.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (122070)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

1 May 25

"To be or not be. That is the question."

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

1 May 25

That's an evergreen existential question!

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (122070)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

1 May 25

@pitstop That is true.

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Jimbo45

@Ineeddentures (33875)

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30 Apr 25

I know which one Neil Young used. I am quite a Shakespeare scholar. I would describe myself as faint hearted. A teacher once asked me to draw an Arc and I told her I would join them up and draw a full circle. I beat stop now

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

1 May 25

Go on. You're on a roll.

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Jimbo45

@Ineeddentures (33875)

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2 May 25

@pitstop I said to someone I didn't like on a frozen pond. Break the Ice, and drown