gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square86fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squareJubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months 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.