gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1127arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square88fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoI used to say not the sharpest cookie in the jar
I used to say not the sharpest cookie in the jar