An explanation of Gremio’s proverbial reference in Act 3, Scene 1 of myShakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.
Tranio
Signor Gremio, came you from the church?
Gremio (elderly suitor)
As willingly as e'er I came from school.
A common proverbial phrase. In Shakespeare’s time, just like today, students couldn’t wait to escape from the classroom — but back then, they didn’t have myShakespeare.
