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-squaretwig@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 hours agoI’m personally a fan of “it’s not rocket appliances”
I’m personally a fan of “it’s not rocket appliances”