gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 hours agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up176arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 hours agomessage-square68fedilinkfile-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-down1·3 hours agoI’m personally a fan of “it’s not rocket appliances”
I’m personally a fan of “it’s not rocket appliances”