Vocabulary List # 7: Shakespeare S Sayings: Complete the Following Exercises for Each Saying

Vocabulary List # 10: Shakespeare’s Sayings: Complete the following exercises for each saying. Then choose 5 sayings from the list on the back to complete the activities below for as well. You should have a total of 15 when you are done.

Draw an illustration for the saying. Be creative!
Use the saying in a scenario or sentence
State which Shakespearean play the saying is from (you can find them all at

A countenance more in sorrow than in anger:a person or thing that is viewed more with sadness than with anger.Shakespearean play: ______
A Daniel come to judgment: Someone who makes a wise judgment about something that has previously proven difficult to resolve. Shakespearean play: ______
A dish fit for the gods An offering of high quality. Shakespearean play: ______
A fool's paradise: A state of happiness based on false hope. Shakespearean play: ______
A foregone conclusion: A decision made before the evidence for it is known. An inevitable conclusion. Shakespearean play: ______
A ministering angel shall my sister be: To minister is to serve, or act as a subordinate agent. So, a ministering angel is a kind-hearted person, providing help and comfort. Shakespearean play: ______
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet:What matters is what something is, not what it is called. Shakespearean play: ______
All that glitters is not gold / All that glisters is not gold: A showy article may not necessarily be valuable. Shakespearean play: ______
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: Life is like a play - we merely go through the stages of our life acting it out. Shakespearean play: ______
As dead as a doornail:Dead - devoid of life (when applied to people, plants or animals). Finished with - unusable (when applied to inanimate objects).Shakespearean play: ______

DUE: January 27, 2011 AFTER EXAMS; Quiz will be only on the first 10 phrases; you may choose to do up to 25 for up to 10 points extra credit (there will be no extra credit on this quiz.).

A.Draw an illustration for the saying. Be creative!

B. Use the saying in a scenario or sentence

C. State which Shakespearean play the saying is from (you can find them all at )

1. A countenance more in sorrow than in anger:a person or thing that is viewed more with sadness than with anger. Shakespearean play: ______

2. A Daniel come to judgment: Someone who makes a wise judgment about something that has previously proven difficult to resolve. Shakespearean play: ______

3. A dish fit for the gods An offering of high quality. Shakespearean play: ______

4.A fool's paradise: A state of happiness based on false hope. Shakespearean play: ______

5.A foregone conclusion: A decision made before the evidence for it is known. An inevitable conclusion. Shakespearean play: ______

6.A ministering angel shall my sister be: To minister is to serve, or act as a subordinate agent. So, a ministering angel is a kind-hearted person, providing help and comfort. Shakespearean play: ______

7. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet:What matters is what something is, not what it is called. Shakespearean play: ______

8.All that glitters is not gold / All that glisters is not gold : A showy article may not necessarily be valuable. Shakespearean play: ______

9.All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: Life is like a play - we merely go through the stages of our life acting it out. Shakespearean play: ______

10.As dead as a doornail:Dead - devoid of life (when applied to people, plants or animals). Finished with - unusable (when applied to inanimate objects).Shakespearean play: ______

DUE: January 27, 2011 AFTER EXAMS; Quiz will be only on the first 10 phrases; you may choose to do up to 25 for up to 10 points extra credit (there will be no extra credit on this quiz.).

As merry as the day is long
As pure as the driven snow
At one fell swoop
Beast with two backs
Beware the ides of March

Brevity is the soul of wit
But screw your courage to the sticking-place
But, for my own part, it was Greek to me
Come what come may
Comparisons are odorous
Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn, and cauldron bubble
Eaten out of house and home
Et tu, Brute
Eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog
Fie, foh, and fum, I smell the blood of a British man
Fight fire with fire
For ever and a day
Frailty, thy name is woman
Foul play
Green eyed monster
He will give the Devil his due
Heart's content
High time
I bear a charmed life
I have not slept one wink
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips
I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
In a pickle
In the twinkling of an eye
It is meat and drink to me
Like the Dickens
Love is blind
Make your hair stand on end
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water
Much Ado about Nothing
Mum's the word
Neither a borrower nor a lender be
Night owl
Oh, that way madness lies
Out of the jaws of death
Pound of flesh
Rhyme nor reason
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything
Screw your courage to the sticking place
Send him packing
Set your teeth on edge
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Short shrift
Shuffle off this mortal coil
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
Star crossed lovers
Stiffen the sinews
Stony hearted
Such stuff as dreams are made on
The course of true love never did run smooth
The crack of doom
The Devil incarnate
The game is afoot
The game is up
The quality of mercy is not strained

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on
Thereby hangs a tale
This is the short and the long of it
Though this be madness, yet there is method in it
To be or not to be, that is the question
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub
Too much of a good thing
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
Vanish into thin air
We have seen better days
Wear your heart on your sleeve
What a piece of work is man
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions
While you live, tell truth and shame the Devil!
Wild goose chase

As merry as the day is long
As pure as the driven snow
At one fell swoop
Beast with two backs
Beware the ides of March