gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up193file-text
arrow-up193message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days 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-squareJubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoAlmost thought you’d done one yourself there with this “even then”! But I was thinking of even still (from even so). Which BTW is probably in my top 3 most hated malaphors or catachreses or whatever they are.
Almost thought you’d done one yourself there with this “even then”! But I was thinking of even still (from even so). Which BTW is probably in my top 3 most hated malaphors or catachreses or whatever they are.