gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 个月前Is there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1128arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 个月前message-square94fedilinkfile-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-up22·5 个月前“It’s not rocket surgery.” This one irks me. Combination of “rocket scientist” and “brain surgery”.
minus-squareDonebrach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 个月前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.
minus-squaretwig@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·5 个月前I’m personally a fan of “it’s not rocket appliances”
minus-squarebitchkat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 个月前It’s just people combining “it’s not rocket science” and “it’s not brain surgery”. Just like the pope one.
minus-squareSteveDinn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 个月前Yes, that’s exactly what I thought I had implied.
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 个月前“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”?