@gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 7 hours agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up166file-text
arrow-up166message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace@gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 7 hours agomessage-square67fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-square@SatyrSacklink18•6 hours agoThat is a common urban myth. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/147902/is-the-alleged-original-meaning-of-the-phrase-blood-is-thicker-than-water-real
That is a common urban myth.
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/147902/is-the-alleged-original-meaning-of-the-phrase-blood-is-thicker-than-water-real