gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 hours agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 hours agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squareDonebrach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours 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.
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.