“A good swift simile, but something currish”
Double Meaning
Act 5,
Scene 2
Lines 44-54
Petruchio
Bianca
[Exit Bianca, Katherina, and Widow]
Petruchio
Tranio
Petruchio
Petruchio picks up on Tranio’s dog simile from line 52 in his wordplay:
“a good swift simile”
- Tranio came up with his simile swiftly.
- Tranio compared himself to a swift greyhound.
“but something currish”
A cur is an ordinary mongrel dog.