He kicked the proverbial bucket. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Her proverbial lateness. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This is often described as the proverbial Dark Night of the Soul. From Wordnik.com. [Before We Can Rise Up, We Must Go Down and Through] Reference
I cannot help but wonder if Erikson has it all figured out, or he wanders in proverbial dark a bit himself. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
Xanthippe, by whom he had three sons; but her bad temper has rendered her name proverbial for a conjugal scold. From Wordnik.com. [A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest] Reference
Mr. Ainsworth states the obvious and calls a proverbial spade "a spade.". From Wordnik.com. [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference
The Greeks, who were very fond of this race, coined a proverbial phrase from it. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Missionary Heroes] Reference
Why did it take so long before the stock exchange finally had the courage to call the proverbial spade a spade?. From Wordnik.com. [The Financial Industry Continues to Ignore the Need for Reliable Answers] Reference
The chance of finding any one of those billion life-bearing planets recalls the proverbial needle in a haystack. From Wordnik.com. [The God Delusion]
"I'm just trying to be a referee on the court and call the proverbial time out when someone steps out of bounds.". From Wordnik.com. [Minneapolis/St. Paul Breaking News, Weather, Video, Traffic and Sports for Minnesota from WCCO-TV] Reference
The phrase "Hobson's Choice" was already being described as proverbial less than thirty years after Hobson's death. From Wordnik.com. Reference
'' I'm just trying to be a referee on the court and call the proverbial time out when someone steps out of bounds. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Times Republican] Reference
However, we'd go so far as to say that this little slab of circuitry classifies as a proverbial technological "hey-now!". From Wordnik.com. [OCTools] Reference
Who wouldn't want their children growing up in an era where a President who looks like them is calling the proverbial shots?. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
As for adding to a company pan, Willis points out the value of company matches, otherwise known as the proverbial free money. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Mess With Taxes] Reference
In reading the sentences subjoined, you will have the sensation of coming suddenly upon a treasure-trove of coined proverbial wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
Don't use the word "proverbial" in a hook, query, synopsis or pitch. From Wordnik.com. [HH Com 444] Reference
Notice how I stuck the word proverbial in there so my cliche doesn't sound like a cliche.). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
"A kind of proverbial phrafe, as abi in malatn rem" Lowth. From Wordnik.com. [Notes critical and explanatory on the Books of Psalms and Proverbs, intended to correct the grammatical errors of the text from the collations of the mss. by D. Kennicott on the Psalms and by him and De Rossi on the Proverbs; and to restore and elucidate some corrupt and obscure passages, by comparing the mss. with the antient versions, the parallel places of scripture, the proposed emendations of many able critics, and submitting some further conjectural readings to the judgment of the learned] Reference
They have gotten a kind of proverbial saying relating to Hampton. From Wordnik.com. [From London to Land's End and Two Letters from the "Journey through England by a Gentleman"] Reference
"proverbial" grass on the other side of the fence, you decide your girlfriend's lawn is indeed greener, and come back. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
To see why, consider the proverbial widget factory. From Wordnik.com. [Is There A Savings Gap?] Reference
It's true that the Fed is treading the proverbial tight rope. From Wordnik.com. [The Specter of Stagflation] Reference
Obama's proverbial first 100 days ought to focus solely on the economy. From Wordnik.com. [Follow These Two] Reference
"We don't want to end up with the proverbial camel produced by a committee.". From Wordnik.com. [The War of the Labels] Reference
It has become the proverbial best seller that had trouble finding a publisher. From Wordnik.com. [Books: The Ultimate Survivor] Reference
"The Court" stars Sally Field as Kate Nolan, the court's new justice and proverbial swing vote. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
But these days there's so much that the EU is looking like the proverbial "sick man of Europe.". From Wordnik.com. [MUDDLING THROUGH, TAKE 2] Reference
Like the proverbial postman, neither snow nor rain nor gloom of night will deter me from my path. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Root, Root, Root For The Home Team] Reference
There is the proverbial low form on daytime talk shows and the slightly higher form in bookstores. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons In How To Say I'm Sorry] Reference
I understand that contemplating replay for pass interference opens up the proverbial can of worms. From Wordnik.com. [Play it Again, NFL] Reference
Looking forward to Copenhagen, we should remember the proverbial truth that many roads lead to Rome. From Wordnik.com. [We’re In For Stormy Weather] Reference
But they aren't enough alone; each has a proverbial plucked chicken of its own among the animal kingdom. From Wordnik.com. [Homo Sapiens: A New Answer To An Old 'Quest'-Ion] Reference
What the secular establishment saw was the nose of the proverbial Islamist camel poking under the tent flap. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting the Veil] Reference
They don't fall through the proverbial cracks in the criminal-justice system; they walk right out its front door. From Wordnik.com. [The Incorrigibles] Reference
Started by two German college kids in the proverbial family basement, Dealpilot runs a Web site to compare online prices. From Wordnik.com. [Bertelsmann's Online Onslaught] Reference
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