gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1126file-text
arrow-up1126message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square74fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months 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.