English
Noun
hurly-burly
Noun that relates closely to the American idiom Hustle and Bustle.
This term first appear in print in Act I Scene I of William Shakespeare's Macbeth - when one witch says to the other two present:
"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning or in rain?"
One of the other witches replies:
"When the Hurly Burlys done. When the battles lost and won."
In this instance Hurly Burly refers precisely to the strange series of events in the play that led to the rise (and fall) of a new Scottish King.
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