gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agomoo point. you know, the kind of thing a cow would say.
moo point.
you know, the kind of thing a cow would say.