who said...??

[Ken Gargett]

Okay, NO USING THE INTERNET. Otherwise, this is completely pointless and spoils it for others who do the right thing.

Who first said these phrases, sayings, lines? And if you can name where they first appeared, again NO INTERNET, even better.

And sure, they may have been used in common parlance before they appeared at the hand of these authors but there is no record.

Many of them might seem like common everyday sayings or phrases but they all had their origins at the hands of someone, at some stage.

I should add that this was a list to which I added a few of my own faves.

Give it your best shot.

 

 

1.    "WILD GOOSE CHASE"

 

2.    "GREEN-EYED MONSTER"

 

3.    "PURE AS THE DRIVEN SNOW"

 

4.    "SEEN BETTER DAYS"

 

5.    "OFF WITH HIS HEAD"

 

6.    "FOREVER AND A DAY"

 

7.    "GOOD RIDDANCE"

 

8.    "FAIR PLAY"

 

9.    "LIE LOW"

 

10.“FLESH-COLOURED CHRISTS THAT GLOW IN THE DARK/EASY TO SEE WITHOUT LOOKING TOO FAR/THAT NOT MUCH IS REALLY SACRED”

 

11. "IT'S GREEK TO ME"

 

12. "AS GOOD LUCK WOULD HAVE IT"

 

13. "YOU'VE GOT TO BE CRUEL TO BE KIND”

 

14. "LOVE IS BLIND"

 

15. "BE-ALL, END-ALL"

 

16.“I WAS NOT BORN TO LIVE TO DIE”

 

17. "BREAK THE ICE"

 

18. "HEART OF GOLD"

 

19. "KILL WITH KINDNESS"

 

20.“THE BAND THEY PLAYED THE HOMECOMING THEME AS I CARESSED YOUR CHEEK, THAT RAGGED JAGGED MELODY STILL CLINGS TO ME LIKE A LEECH”

 

21. "KNOCK, KNOCK! WHO'S THERE?"

 

22. "LIVE LONG DAY"

 

23. "YOU CAN HAVE TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING"

 

24. "THE GAME IS AFOOT"

[David88]

I’m pretty sure many if not all are Shakespeare (It does help that I have recently been teaching about some of them) too much of a good thing is As you like it, but I am hopeless at putting the rest to a specific play without the help of the internet. 

[Ken Gargett]

Just now, David88 said:

I’m pretty sure many if not all are Shakespeare (It does help that I have recently been teaching about some of them), but I am hopeless at putting them to a specific play without the help of the internet. 

david, he is well represented but certainly not all. 

[David88]

2 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

david, he is well represented but certainly not all. 

You’ve got me wondering now! I will have to have a search for a couple but won’t spoil it

[NSXCIGAR]

19 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

1.    "WILD GOOSE CHASE"

 

19 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

2.    "GREEN-EYED MONSTER"

 

19 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

3.    "PURE AS THE DRIVEN SNOW"

19 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

"IT'S GREEK TO ME"

 

19 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

14. "LOVE IS BLIND"

 

19 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

7.    "GOOD RIDDANCE"

 

19 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

19. "KILL WITH KINDNESS"

 

These are certainly Shakespeare, or should I say the Earl of Oxford.  

 

19 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

24. "THE GAME IS AFOOT"

This is Arthur Conan Doyle.

[Fuzz]

13. "YOU'VE GOT TO BE CRUEL TO BE KIND”

Nick Lowe

18. "HEART OF GOLD"

Neil Young

[Ken Gargett]

1 hour ago, NSXCIGAR said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are certainly Shakespeare, or should I say the Earl of Oxford.  

 

This is Arthur Conan Doyle.

indeed, those were shakespeare.

and while AC Doyle may have got on board, he was beaten to the punch. 

[Ken Gargett]

2 minutes ago, Fuzz said:

13. "YOU'VE GOT TO BE CRUEL TO BE KIND”

Nick Lowe

 

nice try, fuzz. beaten by several hundred years. 

[cigcars]

1 hour ago, Fuzz said:

13. "YOU'VE GOT TO BE CRUEL TO BE KIND”

     In other words: "Faithful are the wounds of a friend"

     *The Bible (Proverbs)  and Benjamin Franklin