Phrase Origins Quiz

Phrases Origins Quiz

Phrase Origins Quiz

Phrases Thesaurus

Meanings and origins of phrases and sayings

Discussion Forum

1. A sorry sight: Hamlet; Cymbeline; Macbeth

2. Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks: King Lear; Henry V; The Tempest

3. Frailty, thy name is woman: Antony and Cleopatra; Macbeth; Hamlet

4. Green eyed monster: The Merchant of Venice; Hamlet; Antony and Cleopatra

5. If music be the food of love, play on: The Taming of the Shrew; Comedy of Errors; Twelfth Night

6. A Daniel come to judgement: Henry V; The Merchant of Venice; Julius Caesar

7. Woe is me: Hamlet; Julius Caesar; King Lear

8. At one fell swoop: Macbeth; Julius Caesar; Hamlet

9. Eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog: Hamlet; Macbeth; The Merchant of Venice

10. And thereby hangs a tale: Julius Caesar; As You Like It; Hamlet