from at least 1920s) has parallels in GermanHals- und Beinbruch"break your neck and leg," and Italianin bocca al lupo. Evidence of a highly superstitious craft (seeMacbeth). According to Farmer & Henley, in 17c. the expression was used euphemistically, of a woman, "to have a bastard....
The lesson discusses the difficult words in Shakespeare's tragedy 'Macbeth' by Shakespeare. 'Macbeth' is full of difficult words for many reasons, including the following: Shakespeare liked to create his own words and shorten others; it is written in the style of Early Modern English; it conta...
“Yes, I like that” now changes to “Oh my gosh, don’t stop doing that. I love little/big hands all over my chest/balls/ass etc... You are the sexiest person on the planet.” “You look hot right now” changes to “You are better than any fantasy i could ever come up with...
—Macbeth in Macbeth, Act II, Scene II The OED cites Shakespeare as originating two different meanings of multitudinous; this one, which describes a body of water, and “Of or relating to the populace or common people,” in Coriolanus. 17. Outstay Example:“If you outstay the time, upon ...
Related Macbeth Character Analysis Essay Macbeth is very faithful and honorable general in the beginning of the play. However, once he rebels to king due to three witches plot, his character and personality changes completely. He becomes an atrocious and tyrannical ruler. Furthermore, his understand...
As a noun, "knotted, tangled silk or thread, anything matted or raveled," 1590s, from the verb; this is the word in Shakespeare'srauel'd Sleeue of Care("Macbeth"). slide(v.) Middle Englishsliden, "glide, move smoothly and easily over a surface," also "to fall, lose one's balan...
Humorism is a defunct system for describing the bodily systems, especially concerning all the liquid, juice, and fluid inside them. Read on to learn about bile, phlegm, and all the other bodily humors.
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—Macbeth(V; v), by Shakespeare This is a complex extended metaphor and metalepsis. Instead of saying “to the ends of time,” Shakespeare modifies this phrase to “the last syllable of recorded time.” He then extends this idea by saying that life is “a walking shadow, a poor player”...
In case you don’t know, the titleTomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrowis taken out from the famous soliloquy in Macbeth, which the Sadie Green had developed into a game and was quoted in it : To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, ...