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proverbial [prəˈvɜ:biəl, Am -ˈvɜ:r-] ADJ

proverbial

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It is the proverbial angel on the shoulder arguing with the devil on the other shoulder. en.wikipedia.org

When a son is born later, the grandfather hopes that the boy will not fall into the proverbial snares of the world. en.wikipedia.org

He was noted as a very kind man and his charity to the poor became proverbial. en.wikipedia.org

The phrase was proverbial for those whose courage endangered them. en.wikipedia.org

The former is a short narrative for a shorth myth or proverbial expression and is equivalent to a verb. en.wikipedia.org

We ran into each other a few years ago and it's all water under the proverbial bridge. en.wikipedia.org

This final break-down becomes the proverbial straw that broke the tours' back. en.wikipedia.org

This is a proverbial expression meaning to be shipwrecked. en.wikipedia.org

Together they embody the proverbial principle to see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. en.wikipedia.org

A consequence of this arrangement is that the cathedral no longer has its proverbial basement. en.wikipedia.org

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