Because he was baptized on April 26, today is traditionally considered the birthday of William Shakespeare. The Oxford English Dictionary credits him with coining 3,000 new words, and he created so many idioms that you likely use at least one each day without even realizing it. Here are just a few of his phrases that have lasted more than 450 years now:
- a fool’s paradise
- a sorry sight
- dead as a doornail
- Greek to me
- come what may
- eaten out of house and home
- forever and a day
- heart’s content
- slept a wink
- love is blind
- night owl
- wild goose chase
- into thin air