Making Up Words

February 8, 2007 at 11:01

Jill Fallon

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Who hasn’t used many of the words or phrases listed below?

forever and a day

all corners of the world

it’s Greek to me

short shrift

household words

thin air

fixtures

tongue-tied.

seen better days,

good riddance,

charmed life,

for goodness sake,

didn’t sleep a wink,

in a pickle

heart of gold.

laughable,

laughingstock,

zany,

gloomy,

excitement,

bedroom,

luggage

worthless.

All first came from the mind of William Shakespeare.  A Way with Words.

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