It's not clear whether a word or phrase was already in existence in Shakespeare's lifetime or if he invented it. In any case, his plays provide us with the earliest use of many of these phrases.

Can you name that play?



= 1. "Too much of a good thing"
= 2. "A heart of gold"
= 3. "Such stuff as dreams are made on"
= 4. "Fashionable"
= 5. "What the dickens"
= 6. "Puking"
= 7. "Lie low"
= 8. "Dead as a doornail"
= 9. "Not slept one wink"
= 10. "Foregone conclusion"

5. The Merry Wives of Windsor

1. As You Like It

3. The Tempest

2.Henry V

10. Othello

Well done Sondi, ManxMan, Michele, Haroula and Gail

7.Much ado about nothing

Yes it is Haroula .. well done

9. Cymbeline

8. Hmmm. I thought this might be Henry V, but I see it's already been used. It's probably one of the other Henrys, maybe the VI?

Right you are Sondi.

Yes it is LadyK!

Well done to both of you

6. As You Like it?

Yes it is Gail .. Whoop Whoop!

Wishing you a Super Sunday!!

4. Troilus and Cressida

Very Good ManxMan .. very good indeed!!