gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 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 · 3 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-squareSteveDinn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up22·3 months ago“It’s not rocket surgery.” This one irks me. Combination of “rocket scientist” and “brain surgery”.
minus-squareDonebrach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 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-squaretwig@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·3 months agoI’m personally a fan of “it’s not rocket appliances”
minus-squarebitchkat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIt’s just people combining “it’s not rocket science” and “it’s not brain surgery”. Just like the pope one.
minus-squareSteveDinn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoYes, that’s exactly what I thought I had implied.
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 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”?