Comment on Why do we say, "when I look in the mirror" instead of "when I look in a mirror?"

grte@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I suspect it has to do with being a sort of household appliance. Similar to the fridge, the TV, the bathtub, etc. People think about it in that sense most frequently and it becomes the common parlance.

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