@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 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@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 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@[email protected]linkfedilink9•10 hours agoOne of my standbys is “that horse has sailed”.
One of my standbys is “that horse has sailed”.