gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1121arrow-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-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoIn a similar vein, “not the sharpest spoon in the drawer”
In a similar vein, “not the sharpest spoon in the drawer”