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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here's an attempt at another one.

If you have a short sentence that tells a tale, but has been through a few rounds of 'telephone'...

... perhaps what you have is a quip of Theseus.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If one is said to 'wax lyrical', would this not carry forward to 'wane gibbous', meaning to gibber as an ape?

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 5 points 20 hours ago

I think the inverse of waxing lyrical would be to wane prosaic.