@gedaliyah to Ask Lemmy • 21 hours agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-square84arrow-up1110arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1109arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace@gedaliyah to Ask Lemmy • 21 hours agomessage-square84file-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-square@JubilantJaguarlink1•5 hours agoCurrent pet peeve: “to step foot on”. Facepalm! Just coz somebody misheard “set” doesn’t make “step foot” grammatical. And yet here we are.
Current pet peeve: “to step foot on”. Facepalm! Just coz somebody misheard “set” doesn’t make “step foot” grammatical. And yet here we are.