gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 hours agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square78fedilinkarrow-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-square78fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoThat last one… goddamn, that’s amazing.
That last one… goddamn, that’s amazing.