@gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 11 hours agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up178arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace@gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 11 hours agomessage-square68fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-square@SteveDinn@lemmy.calinkfedilink5•5 hours ago“It’s not rocket surgery.” This one irks me. Combination of “rocket scientist” and “brain surgery”.
minus-square@twig@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink1•4 hours agoI’m personally a fan of “it’s not rocket appliances”
“It’s not rocket surgery.”
This one irks me. Combination of “rocket scientist” and “brain surgery”.
I’m personally a fan of “it’s not rocket appliances”