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A fool’s paradise—Romeo and Juliet

A tower of strength—Richard III

As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods—King Lear

Bated breath—The Merchant of Venice

Brevity is the soul of wit—Hamlet

Come full circle—King Lear

Come what may—Macbeth

Conscience does make cowards of us all—Hamlet

Cowards die many times before their deaths—Julius Caesar

Dead as a doornail—Henry VI, part 2

Devil incarnate—Henry V

Eaten me out of house and home—Henry IV, part 2

Dog will have its day—Hamlet

Flaming youth—Hamlet

For goodness sake—Henry VIII

Frailty, thy name is woman—Hamlet

Get thee to a nunnery—Hamlet

Good riddance—Troilus and Cressida

Green-eyed monster—Othello

Halcyon days—Henry VI ****

Hold a candle to—The Merchant of Venice

I am fortune’s fool—Romeo and Juliet

I have immortal longings in me—Antony and Cleopatra

I have not slept one wink—Cymbeline

In my mind’s eye—Hamlet

Into thin air—The Tempest

It was Greek to me—Julius Caesar

Knock, knock! Who’s there? —Macbeth

Laughing-stock—The Merry Wives of Windsor

Lord, what fools these mortals be!—A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Love is blind—The Merchant of Venice

My own flesh and blood—The Merchant of Venice

My salad days, when I was green in judgment—Antony and Cleopatra

Not a mouse stirring—Hamlet

Now is the winter of our discontent—Richard III

One fell swoop—Macbeth

One that loved not wisely, but too well—Othello

Out, damned spot!—Macbeth

Out, out, brief candle—Macbeth

Pomp and Circumstance—Othello

Put out the light—Othello

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep—Henry VI, Part II

Spotless reputation—Richard III

Star-crossed lovers—Romeo and Juliet

Stood on ceremonies—Julius Caesar

Sweets to the sweet—Hamlet

The better part of valour is discretion—Henry IV, part 1

The course of true love never did run smooth—A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose—The Merchant of Venice

The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers—Henry VI, part 2

The game is afoot—Henry IV, part 1

The naked truth—Love’s Labour’s Lost

The lady doth protest too much, methinks—Hamlet

The world’s mine oyster—The Merry Wives of Windsor

‘Tis neither here nor there—–Othello

To thine own self be true—Hamlet

Too much of a good thing—As You Like It

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown—Henry IV, part 2

We are such stuff as dreams are made on–The Tempest

What a piece of work is a man—Hamlet

What the dickens—The Merry Wives of Windsor

What’s done is done—Macbeth