Phrases coined by Shakespeare – As You Like It

Phrases coined by Shakespeare in As You Like It A list of the phrases and sayings that first saw the light of day, or were made popular by, Shakespeare’s play As You Like It:

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players

An ill-favoured thing sir, but mine own

And shining morning face, creeping like a snail unwillingly to school

And thereby hangs a tale

Bag and baggage

It is meat and drink to me

Lay it on with a trowel

Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything

Thereby hangs a tale

Too much of a good thing

Under the greenwood tree

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