gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 hours agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up169arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 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-squarethenextguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 hours agoI’m running around like a chicken with its legs cut off.
I’m running around like a chicken with its legs cut off.