a plague o' both your houses

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uttered by Mercutio in the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet.

Phrase

a plague o' both your houses

  1. Used to express displeasure at both sides of a pointless or long-running dispute.
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