It's kinda creepy: we don't know exactly what day Bill the Playwright (he could have had such a nickname!) was born, but we do know he became as dead as a doornail on 23 April 1616. Sadly, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and many others apparently think today would be Billy's 449th BIRTHday. Let's not fight a battle we can't win and just feel smugly superior.
Let's enjoy some phrases coined or popularized on Talk Like Shakespeare Day! It's fun to see a few phrases we still use today to clever-up our speech.
When you're in a troublesome situation,you are in a pickle! The Tempest, 1610.
Do you know someone who thinks he is the be-all and end-all? I think that's what people meant in the 1990s when they said, "She's all that and a bag of chips." Macbeth, 1605
Certainly, we can thank Shakespeare for sending us on many a wild goose chase. Romeo and Juliet, 1592. I'm sure this is what Haruki Murakami was thinking of when he titled a novel, "A Wild Sheep Chase."
I'm sure you can find more that may surprise you!
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