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 (110877)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

1 May

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

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15227)

• Australia

1 May

That's an evergreen existential question!

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (110877)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

1 May

@pitstop That is true.

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Greenery8

@grenery8 (17795)

• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)

3 May

i think a sorry sight and love is blind.

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15227)

• Australia

3 May

Love is blind is a whole philosophy in three words

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Greenery8

@grenery8 (17795)

• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)

5 May

@pitstop absolutely and nothing we can do with that

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marguicha

@marguicha (227491)

• Chile

30 Apr

I read them and although my native language is not English, there are many phrases that are popular in Spanish now.

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15227)

• Australia

1 May

Looks like Shakespeare has penetrated into many languages.

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marguicha

@marguicha (227491)

• Chile

1 May

@pitstop It has as all good things

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (356320)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 May

There are dozens here that are used constantly. I had no idea they were all from one man.

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15227)

• Australia

1 May

I was surprised too. Have to double check the list for authenticity.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (191599)

• United States

1 May

I didn't realize that there were so many from Shakespeare.

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15227)

• Australia

1 May

I would like to double check this list though!

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Jimlos Tatooth

@Ineeddentures (4832)

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30 Apr

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 (15227)

• Australia

1 May

Go on. You're on a roll.

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Jimlos Tatooth

@Ineeddentures (4832)

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2 May

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