@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 3 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] • 3 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink22•3 months ago“It’s not rocket surgery.” This one irks me. Combination of “rocket scientist” and “brain surgery”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•3 months 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•3 months agoI’m personally a fan of “it’s not rocket appliances”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months 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•3 months agoYes, that’s exactly what I thought I had implied.
minus-squaredream_weasellinkfedilink1•3 months ago“Does a bear shit in the woods” and “it’s not Pope surgery”?
“It’s not rocket surgery.”
This one irks me. Combination of “rocket scientist” and “brain surgery”.
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.
I’m personally a fan of “it’s not rocket appliances”
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”?