Shakespeare Idioms and

Expressions
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- Have you ever imagined that we use so many expressions
and idioms nowadays that are not really modern? In fact,
they were mainly invented by William Shakespeare and used
in his writing/plays
- Let`s listen to a short video about some of these expressions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qDaFxb1Dg4

- Have you heard them?

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1. an eyesore
2. has seen better days
3. not budge an inch
4. in a pickle
5. a foregone conclusion
6. vanished into thin air
7. the long and the short of it
8. a laughing stock

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Can you guess which picture means the following?
Name the pics A-I

1. wild goose chase

2. break the ice
3. so-so
4. makes you hair stand on end
5. full circle
6. faint hearted
7. green eyed monster
8. love is blind
9. heart of gold
Read the following story and match the idioms with their
meaning!
Yesterday I was walking in our central park..it was a bright,sunny day, fresh air and
blooming trees around me. A perfect spring afternoon...almost perfect:D I felt so-so. As
I was wandering here and there, I observed a pretty young woman sitting on a bench
and reading a book. She had long curly brown hair, shining in the sunrays. As I
approached to the bench, she looked up and I could see two beautiful emerald lakes,
her eyes...and a beautiful face…...I was thinking what to say to break the ice , when a
broad smile appeared on her face.

- Dave, Dave Ferguson,right?Sally? She asked.

- Yes...and you are...Sally...Sally Brown! OMG,I haven`t seen you for ages

-Since we moved town. It was one of my worst moments..leaving school, classmates

She told me she returned for work, after she had graduated university. She was hired
by a large company as an architect. I kept asking her about her life, her brother and
family, as well. Though as I remembered, her mom was a really severe and
strange-looking woman...whenever I saw her she made my hair stand on end.Who
knows why, `cause I wasn`t really faint hearted. Memories of a kid..

- I feel fine here...unfortunately my relationship with family is not so good...dad

passed away, mom is still as she used to be...nothing is good enough for her, and
Joe , well..he is in prison.
- What? Why??
- He met someone...but the wrong person I would say..he fell in love
completely,without realising how she was. But we all know love is blind and if you
have that green eyed monster inside of you, tragedy is almost guaranteed. They
had a big fight, and he used her gun,,he must have been mad for a moment...but
Gina died and he sentenced...
-Sorry to hear that..I haven`t seem him since you left, but I remember that tall, dark haired
guy..always smiling. Can`t belive that….

- Let`s talk about other stuff...what about you? Do you work here? Are you married? Do you
have family?

-Yes and no:D I mean, I work here as a journalist, but no wife,no kiddos. I have no time for
romance ….and as YOU the only beautiful girl left…

-Liar...she laughed, but “beautiful liar”. You know, I liked you too..just we were kids

-We were..and at that point it could have been like a wild goose chase

- We used to drink our daily fresh lemonade in the small corner cafe..Do you remember that
kind lady, the shop assistant? She had a heart of gold, serving us even if we had less
money. Can I invite you there for a glass? Can we return to the past for a moment?

-Why not? Let`s go… orange juice/ corner shop/you/me..it`s full circle
1. wild goose chase a. jealousy
2. break the ice b. things have come back to where
3. so-so they started
4. makes you hair stand on end c. kind, generous
5. full circle d. timid/afraid
e. start something
6. faint hearted
f. not good or bad
7. green eyed monster
g. frightening
8. love is blind h. feelings can make us ignore
9. heart of gold obvious problems
i. hopeless effort with no chance
of success
Homework
Find the meaning of the following expressions and use them in sentences

● all that glitters is not gold

● as dead as a doornail
● all Greek to me
● forever and a day
● spotless reputation