gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · vor 3 MonatenIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · vor 3 Monatenmessage-square94fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squareNevelioKrejall@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up17·vor 3 MonatenI like “we’ll burn that bridge when we come to it”
I like “we’ll burn that bridge when we come to it”