gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1105arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square84fedilinkfile-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-up13arrow-down2·3 months agomoo point. you know, the kind of thing a cow would say.
minus-squarebeastlykings@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62necDwQb5E
minus-squaresquirrelwithnut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months 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.