English Explanatory Dictionary

sound and fury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Impotent or meaningless ranting.

Word forms

sound and fury

Etymology

From William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, in which life is said to be "a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing".

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