gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 hours agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 hours agomessage-square64fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squareboatswainlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoIn a similar vein, “not the sharpest spoon in the drawer”
In a similar vein, “not the sharpest spoon in the drawer”