Beware the Ides of March
Origin
From Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, 1601. 'Beware the Ides of March' is the soothsayer's message to Julius Caesar, warning of his death.
The Ides of March didn't signify anything special in itself - this was just the usual way of saying "March 15th". The notion of the Ides being a dangerous date was purely an invention of Shakespeare's; each month has an Ides (often the 15th) and this date wasn't significant in being associated with death prior to 1601.
Based on the 'danger of death' that Shakespeare associated with the phrase, it became a norm among Ntombi's friends that if one has an inkling about something bad ahead they would just say "Beware the Ides of March" <<<
Origin
From Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, 1601. 'Beware the Ides of March' is the soothsayer's message to Julius Caesar, warning of his death.
The Ides of March didn't signify anything special in itself - this was just the usual way of saying "March 15th". The notion of the Ides being a dangerous date was purely an invention of Shakespeare's; each month has an Ides (often the 15th) and this date wasn't significant in being associated with death prior to 1601.
Based on the 'danger of death' that Shakespeare associated with the phrase, it became a norm among Ntombi's friends that if one has an inkling about something bad ahead they would just say "Beware the Ides of March" <<<