Phrases coined by Shakespeare, in The Tempest

Phrases coined by Shakespeare - The Tempest

A list of the phrases and sayings that first saw the light of day, or were made popular by, Shakespeare's play The Tempest:

A sea change

Dash to pieces

Fair play

Foul play

In a pickle

Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows

Sea change

Vanish into thin air

Where the bee sucks, there suck I

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