gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up174arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-210 months agoThat’s a good one, “deleted by creator”
That’s a good one, “deleted by creator”