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July 01, 2004, 20:57
shufitz
Shakespearean euphemisms
jo's thread inspired me to wonder how we would do at coming up with euphemisms from Shakespeare. I'll start the ball rolling with[Oops! I see it was Kalleh's thread. Sorry, hon. Confused]

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July 04, 2004, 21:58
jo
Lady Macbeth "this night's great business" (referring to murder)

Macbeth: "Out, out, brief candle!" on the shortness of life

Lear:
"Come not between the dragon and his wrath."
don't get in my way!

and more Lear: And let not women's weapon's, waterdrops - Tears
July 05, 2004, 01:31
tinman
quote:
Originally posted by jo:
Lady Macbeth "this night's great business" (referring to murder)

Macbeth: "Out, out, brief candle!" on the shortness of life

Hmmm. Both of those phrases could be taken another way.

Tinman
July 06, 2004, 09:28
Kalleh
Now, this is surely not a euphemism, but it again is a Shakespeare quote that relates to death: "dead as a doornail"

I imagine we could start a whole thread about death quotes from Shakespeare!