thereby hangs a tale

== English == === Etymology === Coined by William Shakespeare in 1623 in "As you Like it," act 2, scene 7: And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, And then from hour to hour we rot and rot, And thereby hangs a tale. === Phrase === thereby hangs a tale Used to indicate that something requires a long story or explanation to fully understand. === Further reading === “thereby hangs a tale”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “thereby hangs a tale”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “thereby hangs a tale”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “thereby hangs a tale”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “thereby hangs a tale” (US) / “thereby hangs a tale” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.