gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1127arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square95fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squarebitchkat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoIt’s just people combining “it’s not rocket science” and “it’s not brain surgery”. Just like the pope one.
minus-squareSteveDinn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 hours agoYes, that’s exactly what I thought I had implied.
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours ago“Does a bear shit in the woods” and “it’s not Pope surgery”?
It’s just people combining “it’s not rocket science” and “it’s not brain surgery”. Just like the pope one.
Yes, that’s exactly what I thought I had implied.
“Does a bear shit in the woods” and “it’s not Pope surgery”?