gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 hours agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up178arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 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-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 hours ago “Well isn’t that the horse calling the kettle black” I love this.
I love this.