gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up194file-text
arrow-up194message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squarethenextguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoI’m running around like a chicken with its legs cut off.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoReminds me of my friend once saying that “the discussion leads nowhere. It’s like the snake biting its tongue”
I’m running around like a chicken with its legs cut off.
Reminds me of my friend once saying that “the discussion leads nowhere. It’s like the snake biting its tongue”