gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 21 hours agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1108arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 21 hours agomessage-square84fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoThere’s not enough meat to play with because I can’t get hard at work! Ahh! It’s a Catch 22!
There’s not enough meat to play with because I can’t get hard at work!
Ahh! It’s a Catch 22!