Is there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace
Is there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace
Like "does the Pope shit in the woods?" or "that train has sailed?"
Also, what good examples can you think of?
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"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.
13 0 ReplyMy mom was fond of "Not the brightest egg in the drawer".
7 0 ReplyI used to say not the sharpest cookie in the jar
5 0 ReplyI 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.
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