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“The note lies in ‘s throat”
Wordplay
Act 4,
Scene 3
Lines 128-130

An explanation of Grumio’s line about the note in Act 4, Scene 3 of myShakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.

Tailor

Why, here is the note of the fashion to testify.    

Petruchio

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Grumio

The note lies in 's throat, if he say I said so.    

To say that someone’s lying in his throat means that he’s telling an outright lie. Grumio’s accusing the note of lying, but there’s another kind of note which can lie in the throat — a musical note.