gedaliyah to Ask Lemmy · 7 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square95linkfedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah to Ask Lemmy · 7 months agomessage-square95linkfedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squarethenextguylinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 months agoI’m running around like a chicken with its legs cut off.
minus-squareKlearlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 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”