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-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month 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!