gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square95fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squaredistantsounds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 months agoGet two birds stoned at once
minus-squarePostmortal_Pop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoI like, “get two birds stoned with one bush” as some bastard amalgamation of “kill two birds with one stone” and “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI use this one regularly
Get two birds stoned at once
I like, “get two birds stoned with one bush” as some bastard amalgamation of “kill two birds with one stone” and “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”
Two stones with one bird
I use this one regularly