gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1128arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square88fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squarecabron_offsets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 months agoOne of my standbys is “that horse has sailed”.
One of my standbys is “that horse has sailed”.