gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1127arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square95fedilinkfile-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-up2·2 months agoReminds me of my friend once saying that “the discussion leads nowhere. It’s like the snake biting its tongue”
Reminds me of my friend once saying that “the discussion leads nowhere. It’s like the snake biting its tongue”