gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square95fedilinkfile-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-up11·3 months agoI’m running around like a chicken with its legs cut off.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months 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”