shot heard round the world
English
Etymology
From the 1837 poem Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Phrase
shot heard round the world
- The opening volleys of the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the American Revolution.
- A 1951 home run by Bobby Thompson of the New York Giants
- (idiomatic) Any cataclysmic event
Alternative forms
- shot heard 'round the world