gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1124arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square93fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down2·1 month agomoo point. you know, the kind of thing a cow would say.
minus-squarebeastlykings@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62necDwQb5E
minus-squaresquirrelwithnut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoLike a cow’s opinion. It doesn’t matter.
moo point.
you know, the kind of thing a cow would say.
How you mooin’? 😎
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62necDwQb5E
Like a cow’s opinion. It doesn’t matter.