gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 个月前Is there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 个月前message-square95fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squareneo2478@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up69·2 个月前I 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