Common Expressions: What do these expressions have in common? Lie low Green-Eyed monster Heart of gold Fair play Break the ice Wild goose chase It’s all Greek to me Forever and a day...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

What do these expressions have in common?

Lie low
Green-Eyed monster
Heart of gold
Fair play
Break the ice
Wild goose chase
It’s all Greek to me
Forever and a day
Good riddance
Kill with kindness
As good luck would have it
Love is blind
The game is afoot
Knock knock. Who’s there?

cedymock Loc: Irmo, South Carolina

jerryc41 wrote:

What do these expressions have in common?

Lie low
Green-Eyed monster
Heart of gold
Fair play
Break the ice
Wild goose chase
It’s all Greek to me
Forever and a day
Good riddance
Kill with kindness
As good luck would have it
Love is blind
The game is afoot
Knock knock. Who’s there?

I could only image

Bushpilot Loc: Minnesota

I don't know, maybe they are all lines from Shakespheare!

NMGal Loc: NE NM

All from my youth.

josquin1 Loc: Massachusetts

jerryc41 wrote:

What do these expressions have in common?

Lie low
Green-Eyed monster
Heart of gold
Fair play
Break the ice
Wild goose chase
It’s all Greek to me
Forever and a day
Good riddance
Kill with kindness
As good luck would have it
Love is blind
The game is afoot
Knock knock. Who’s there?

They're all by the Bard, William Shakespeare.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Bushpilot wrote:

I don't know, maybe they are all lines from Shakespheare!

Yes! When a friend was asked to identify the source of a common expression, he'd fall back on one of two responses, the Bible or Shakespeare.

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

It is interesting how common expressions get born.