If you've ever been 'Footloose' and 'Fancy Free',
If you've ever 'Thanked Someone From the Bottom of Your Heart',
If you've ever been left 'High and Dry';
If you ever took a test that you thought was 'A Piece of Cake';
If you've ever refused to 'Budge and Inch';
If you've ever been 'Tongue Tied'; 'A Tower of Strength', 'Hoodwinked' or 'In a Pickle';
If you've ever 'Knitted Your Brow', made 'A Virtue of Necessity', insisted on 'Fair-play', 'Slept Not One Wink', 'Stood on Ceremony', 'Laughed Yourself to Stitches', had 'Short Shift', 'Cold Comfort' or 'Too Much of a Good Thing'.
If you've ever 'Cleared out Bag and Baggage' because you thought it was 'High Time' and that is 'The Long and Short of it'.
If you've ever believed 'The Game is Up' and if it involves 'Your Own Flesh and Blood'.
If you ever 'Lie Low' til 'The Crack of Dawn' through 'Thick and Thin' because you 'Suspect Foul Play'.
If you've ever had 'Your Teeth set on Edge', 'With One Fell Swoop', without 'Rhyme or Reason'.
And finally, if you 'Bid Me Good Riddance' and 'Send me Packing'.
If you wish I was 'Dead as a Doornail', if you think I'm 'An Eyesore', 'A Laughing Stock', a 'Stone-Hearted villain', 'Bloody Minded' or 'A Blithering Idiot'.
Well then 'By Jove', 'Oh Lord', 'Tut Tut', 'For Goodness Sake', and my personal favorite, 'What the Dickens?'
It is 'All One to Me' even if it's 'Greek to you' for you are QUOTING SHAKESPREARE!
2 comments:
This is a good interesting post. I saw something like it, but not as detailed, and used it when I was teaching Shakespeare in high school
to show just what the effect and legacy of Shakespeare's writing is.
I should say, though, I found your blog when looking for people who like to read and include fantasy among their favorites. If I may I'd like to suggest one to try. It is called "Outcasts Of Skagaray" and if you want a free preview, you can see two sample chapters on www.threeswans.com.au If you want to check my blog, it is http://threeswans.blogspot.com I would be very happy if you read the book and enjoyed it, but whatever happens, best wishes. I enjoyed reading from your blog.
Did you write that or are you quoting from somewhere? If you are quoting from somewhere (even if it's just an email) please referrence it for the benfit of us readers. It also will help you avoid claims of plagiarism.
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