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4GS | 10:55 Thu 08th Nov 2007 | Phrases & Sayings
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Where does 'here's the rub' come from, and where is it's correct usage?
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Is it not a line from Hamlet? I thought it mean something along the lines of 'here's the problem.'
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China, you're a genius lass,
'...To sleep: perchance to dream: aye, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause...'


Found the bit of quote I was thinking of. I don't know if this is where it originates though.
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Thanks again China, it's stars galore for you today.
I never read Hamlet, but I did enjoy reading Shakespere when I was at school.
Think I'll visit a bookshop
it comes (via Shakespeare) from bowling - an obstruction or unevenness in the ground.

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-the3.htm

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