gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square86fedilinkfile-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-up0·3 months 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.