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Vlivef Posted 6 years ago
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...looking babies in her eyes...

Hi,

I guess this phrase was first used in one of Shakespear's plays?

1) What does this phrase actually mean? Just one of many Shakespearean ways to express someone's passion toward their loved one :-) ?

2) Is it just a literary expression that is hardly ever used (in everyday English) nowadays? Or maybe some native speakers do occasionally use it? maybe just ironically?

3) Just offhand, can think of any other expressions that you believe are close enough to "looking babies in..." yet are less rare or literary?

Thank you for your help!

  

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I have never heard the expression. It is extremely old-fashioned, as far as I can tell. It does not appear in Shakespeare and seems to predate him, though he might have made oblique reference to it in Timon .

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  • It is extremely old-fashioned, as far as I can tell.
  • It does not appear in Shakespeare and seems to predate him, though he might have made oblique reference to it in Timon .
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I have never heard the expression. It is extremely old-fashioned, as far as I can tell. It does not appear in Shakespeare and seems to predate him, though he might have made oblique reference to it in Timon. Brewer's Dictionary has an entry for it here: https://www.bartleb

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vlivefI guess this phrase was first used in one of Shakespeare's plays?

Where did you see this? Do you have a link? I've never heard of it.

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