gedaliyah to Ask [email protected] • 1 year agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1128arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah to Ask [email protected] • 1 year 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoIt’s just people combining “it’s not rocket science” and “it’s not brain surgery”. Just like the pope one.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoYes, that’s exactly what I thought I had implied.
minus-squaredream_weasellinkfedilink1•1 year 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”?