gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1123arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square86fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squaresquirrelwithnut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoLike a cow’s opinion. It doesn’t matter.
Like a cow’s opinion. It doesn’t matter.