gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 hours agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up177file-text
arrow-up177message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 hours agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squaresp3tr4l@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoArguably, a mechanic who is literally performing maintenance on exceptionally mechanically dense and complex parts of a rocket, say the rocket engine plumbing or wiring harnesses… is figuratively performing rocket surgery.
Arguably, a mechanic who is literally performing maintenance on exceptionally mechanically dense and complex parts of a rocket, say the rocket engine plumbing or wiring harnesses… is figuratively performing rocket surgery.