phrase
The Ides of March
March 15 โ by extension, a day of doomed reckoning.
Origin
In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, a soothsayer warns Caesar: 'Beware the Ides of March.' He ignores it; he is murdered that day. The date was the original deadline for settling debts in the Roman calendar.
Modern usage
Used metaphorically to mark a known date of impending consequence. Also a 2011 George Clooney political thriller.
Tags
assassination
fate
warning