a fool's paradise | | Now repeated ironically when someone is in need of some unimportant item (Richard III) |
A horse, a horse, a kingdom for a horse | | something frightening (Hamlet) |
all corners of the world | | a deceit (a dishonesty) has been discovered (Cymbeline) |
all that glitters is not gold | | a showy article may not necessarily be valuable (The Merchant of Venice) |
all's well that ends well | | Something seems to be more different than it ought to be (Hamlet) |
as cold as stone | | a state of happiness based on false hope (Romeo & Juliet) |
good riddance | | All parts of the world (Cymbeline) |
Love is blind | | an expression of pleasure on being rid of some annoyance - usually an individual (Troilus and Cressida) |
Makes your hair stand to an end | | Strong feelings for a person make one overlook the person's faults (The Merchant of Venice) |
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark | | We have few concers if things turn out well in the end (All's well that ends well) |
We have seen better days | | learned and literate (Henry IV) |
the game is up | | Something is old and battered (As You Like It) |
brevity is the soul of wit | | very cold (Henry V) |
exceedingly well read | | You can't say anything shorter (Hamlet) |