@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 2 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1128file-text
arrow-up1128message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 2 months agomessage-square71fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squareSeraphlinkfedilink12•2 months ago“Not the brightest cookie in the crayon box” is an amalgamation of 3 different sayings I’ve been trying to make happen. It won’t happen.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•2 months agoMy mom was fond of “Not the brightest egg in the drawer”.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink4•2 months agoI used to say not the sharpest cookie in the jar
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 months agoI do it in danish, but we have the idiom here too. I’ll often make up a new one following the not the x y in the z template. E.g. Not the loudest spoon in the forest.
“Not the brightest cookie in the crayon box” is an amalgamation of 3 different sayings I’ve been trying to make happen. It won’t happen.
My mom was fond of “Not the brightest egg in the drawer”.
I used to say not the sharpest cookie in the jar
I do it in danish, but we have the idiom here too. I’ll often make up a new one following the not the x y in the z template. E.g. Not the loudest spoon in the forest.