“Beware the ides of March!” So a soothsayer warned the title character in William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar. But Caesar did not beware and was killed by a group of conspirators on March 15, 44 ...
"A soothsayer bids you beware the Ides of March." If you studied Shakespeare at all in high school or college — and let's be honest, you know you did, even if you forgot — the phrase may ring a bell. ...
On the day Julius Caesar told a soothsayer, “The Ides of March are come,” (implying that the soothsayer had not said sooth), the soothsayer replied, “Fine. Have a nice day.” Few people today would ...