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by techdragon 1176 days ago
To continue with some human brain powered pedantry for fun I’d argue that “the snow is out of the globe” is not a valid idiom to suit the “X out of Y” pattern.

We have multiple example pairings of X and Y but the common components are that putting X back in Y would be impossible or extremely difficult, and also that X is in some way meant to no longer be contained inside Y as part of either a desired outcome, it’s normal function or the natural expected and thus inevitable result. Cats want to escape, helium leaks, confetti is expelled to have the desired effect, and toothpaste is squeezed out to use it…

For the snow to come out of a snow globe you have to smash it which is not normal usage, not normally meant to happen, and shouldn’t happen by itself. Making the idiom “The snow is out of the globe” not a proper member of this “family” of idioms. (Also I’m not sure if there’s an agreed upon collective noun for idioms)