* Addiction
* Bedazzled
* Bombastic
* Break the ice
* Catch a cold
* Cold-blooded
* Dead as a doornail
* Faint-hearted
* The game is afoot
* Green-eyed monster (jealousy)
* Heart of gold
* In a pickle
* Knock knock! Who's there?
* The lion's share
* Lost in thought
* Method to the madness
* Mum's the word
* Neither here nor there
* Once in a blue moon
* Parting is such sweet sorrow
* The quality of mercy is not strained
* Seeing is believing
* Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
* To be or not to be
* Use every man after his desert, and who should 'scape whipping?
* Waste not, want not
* Wear my heart upon my sleeve
These are just a few examples of the many words and phrases that Shakespeare coined or popularised that are still in common usage today. His influence on the English language is undeniable, and his words continue to be used and enjoyed by people all over the world.