@gedaliyah to Ask Lemmy • 23 hours agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-square86arrow-up1113arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1112arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace@gedaliyah to Ask Lemmy • 23 hours agomessage-square86file-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]linkfedilink61•23 hours agoI usually go with “We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it”
I usually go with “We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it”
That’s my favorite one to use