gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 15 hours agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up187arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 15 hours agomessage-square74fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squareSteveDinn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·9 hours ago“It’s not rocket surgery.” This one irks me. Combination of “rocket scientist” and “brain surgery”.
minus-squareDonebrach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 hour agoNothing holds a bar to this as being my favorites, but I generally don’t pay much mind to idioms—they’re all water under a duck’s back.
minus-squaretwig@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 hours agoI’m personally a fan of “it’s not rocket appliances”
“It’s not rocket surgery.”
This one irks me. Combination of “rocket scientist” and “brain surgery”.
Nothing holds a bar to this as being my favorites, but I generally don’t pay much mind to idioms—they’re all water under a duck’s back.
I’m personally a fan of “it’s not rocket appliances”