A Favorite Saying

Good riddance. A commonly used, and might I add valuable, term coined by the famous Shakespeare, this phrase communicates some of the most profound emotions a human could experience. A dictionary might define the phrase like this: A declaration or exclamation of pleasure over the departure or absence of an unpleasant person or thing. In simple language the meaning is thus: After the final examination in history class (a purely hypothetical situation), the pupils are allowed to dispose of their textbooks in the trash can - good riddance!