@gedaliyah to Ask Lemmy • 9 hours agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-square68arrow-up173arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace@gedaliyah to Ask Lemmy • 9 hours agomessage-square68file-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squareSeraphlinkfedilink8•8 hours ago“Not the brightest cookie in the crayon box” is an amalgamation of 3 different sayings I’ve been trying to make happen. It won’t happen.
“Not the brightest cookie in the crayon box” is an amalgamation of 3 different sayings I’ve been trying to make happen. It won’t happen.
My mom was fond of “Not the brightest egg in the drawer”.
I used to say not the sharpest cookie in the jar