Shakespeare had an enormous working vocabulary; he used about 29,000 different words in his plays and poems. (By contrast, most people today have working vocabularies of only around 9,000 words.) Many people think of Shakespeare's language as difficult to understand, but he invented many words and phrases that we use nearly every day.
Below are some common phrases from Shakespeare plays. Choose one phrase, and explain what you think it means.
Apple of her eye
All the world's a stage
Eating me out of house and home
To thine own self be true
Good riddance
Tower of strength
Green-eyed monster
Wear my heart on my sleeve
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