Phrases Origins Quiz
Phrase Origins Quiz



1. To be or not to be, that is the question

Hamlet
As You Like It
King Lear
2. All that glisters is not gold

Hamlet
The Merchant of Venice
Cymbeline
3. Give the Devil his due

Henry IV Part 1
Hamlet
As You Like It
4. Foul play

Julius Caesar
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Macbeth
5. As merry as the day is long

Macbeth
Much Ado About Nothing
The Tempest
6. Dance attendance

Henry VI
Macbeth
Antony and Cleopatra
7. Cold comfort

Macbeth
Julius Caesar
The Taming of the Shrew
8. To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub

As You Like It
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hamlet
9. Discretion is the better part of valour

Antony and Cleopatra
Henry IV, Part One
The Merchant of Venice
10. Parting is such sweet sorrow

Romeo and Juliet
King Lear
Hamlet