Today’s Totally Random
Lines
I
had as lief have heard the night-raven, come what plague could have come after
it.
Benedick
Much Ado About Nothing Act II, Scene iii, Line 131
Had as lief means just as soon as, and a night-raven is an ill omen. He’s saying he’d just as soon as listen to a raven sing as listen to Balthazar. The latter just sang a little ditty for everyone.
I wonder if had as lief is an idiom still used in England. They do have a lot of different ways of saying things and spelling things and doing things over there. Those crazy Brits.
I'm always a little nervous when this guy gets behind the wheel.
No Mojo, let's NOT pretend we're in England. I'd as lief we just stay on the right side of the road, okay?
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