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21 Everyday Phrases That Come Straight From Shakespeare's Plays
Business Insider ^ | 12-30-2016 | Elena Holodny

Posted on 12/30/2016 10:16:58 AM PST by blam

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If Shakespheare were alive today, he surly would have said, - Roll Tide -
1 posted on 12/30/2016 10:16:58 AM PST by blam
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>>If Shakespheare were alive today, he surly would have said, - Roll Tide -<<

What about “Wankel Rotary Engine?”


2 posted on 12/30/2016 10:21:59 AM PST by freedumb2003 (I have feeling '17 is gonna be a good year)
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“There’s something rotten in the state of Denmark”

Hamlet...of course! :-)


3 posted on 12/30/2016 10:23:26 AM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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“Brush Up Your Shakespeare”


4 posted on 12/30/2016 10:23:32 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Not all Alabama fans are surly.


5 posted on 12/30/2016 10:23:34 AM PST by Hugh the Scot ( Total War)
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Why is it always "Thin Air"?

Why not "Fat Air" or "Chubby Air" or "Mostly Fit but could stand to lose a few pounds" Air?

6 posted on 12/30/2016 10:24:54 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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“The quality of mercy is not strain’d,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven”

One of my favorites.


7 posted on 12/30/2016 10:26:27 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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Would love to go to the source, but they apparently employ a moron as a web designer. The page gets whited out to display an ad that never gets delivered, or is somehow displayed off screen. Since they disable page up, page down, and arrows, I can’t get to the ad to display it nor get rid of it to read the content.

Damn script kiddies.


8 posted on 12/30/2016 10:30:14 AM PST by chrisser
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Would love to go to the source, but they apparently employ a moron as a web designer. The page gets whited out to display an ad that never gets delivered, or is somehow displayed off screen. Since they disable page up, page down, and arrows, I can’t get to the ad to display it nor get rid of it to read the content.

Damn script kiddies.


9 posted on 12/30/2016 10:30:15 AM PST by chrisser
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"Not all Alabama fans are surly."

Surely you jest?

10 posted on 12/30/2016 10:30:37 AM PST by blam
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Bill was a smart guy.

 

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11 posted on 12/30/2016 10:41:55 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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“Custom what they did begin Was with long use account no sin.”
Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Act I - Prologue

Not exactly an “everyday phrase”, but a wise note on human nature.


12 posted on 12/30/2016 10:42:24 AM PST by LouieFisk
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Words that no longer mean what they mean.

On Christmas day my grand-daughter informed me that my beans were "dope" You can imagine my response until she explained that dope means they are really good.

I will never be able to understand this generation.

13 posted on 12/30/2016 10:48:13 AM PST by Spunky
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Winkle, winkle little Wankel
How I wonder if your crank’ll
Torque enough to turn itself
Or will you wind up on the shelf

John Dinkel, Road & Track magazine


14 posted on 12/30/2016 10:49:10 AM PST by swhiteman
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"Dope" was slang for "Excellent" 15-20 years ago. (Why? Because I know what it means, if it were any more recent, I'd be out of luck.... :-) )

Interesting how slang, like fashion, music, and all other pop culture, comes back around.

15 posted on 12/30/2016 10:56:47 AM PST by wbill
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Did you ever write for Monty Python?


16 posted on 12/30/2016 10:59:17 AM PST by Chaguito
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“Brush Up Your Shakespeare”

"Aye, now there's a good wench! Come, Kiss Me Kate!"

One of the many musicals I was in many, many moons ago.

17 posted on 12/30/2016 11:00:06 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted. It belongs to the brave. - - Ronaldus Magnus Reagan)
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Nah, just an old grouch! :)


18 posted on 12/30/2016 11:10:06 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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Okay Jerry... it is not nice to call anything fat. Including air. Thin not so much.

Btw I am at the Dept store with the wife. She is trying on clothes. ;)


19 posted on 12/30/2016 11:20:28 AM PST by dhs12345
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Ya. Fag has a different meaning now and might get you banned.


20 posted on 12/30/2016 11:22:34 AM PST by dhs12345
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