gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1122arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squareSteveDinn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up21·3 days ago“It’s not rocket surgery.” This one irks me. Combination of “rocket scientist” and “brain surgery”.
minus-squarebitchkat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIt’s just people combining “it’s not rocket science” and “it’s not brain surgery”. Just like the pope one.
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day ago“Does a bear shit in the woods” and “it’s not Pope surgery”?
minus-squareSteveDinn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoYes, that’s exactly what I thought I had implied.
minus-squareDonebrach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 days agoNothing holds a bar to this as being my favorites, but I generally don’t pay much mind to idioms—they’re all water under a duck’s back.
“It’s not rocket surgery.”
This one irks me. Combination of “rocket scientist” and “brain surgery”.
It’s just people combining “it’s not rocket science” and “it’s not brain surgery”. Just like the pope one.
“Does a bear shit in the woods” and “it’s not Pope surgery”?
Yes, that’s exactly what I thought I had implied.
Nothing holds a bar to this as being my favorites, but I generally don’t pay much mind to idioms—they’re all water under a duck’s back.