Examples of 'proverbial' in a sentence
Meaning of "proverbial"
Proverbial - used to show that you know the way people usually behave or what usually happens
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- Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.
- Not used in a literal sense, but as the subject of a well-known metaphor.
- Widely known; famous; stereotypical.
- Used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase.
How to use "proverbial" in a sentence
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I am looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack.
This proverbial vicious circle is difficult to break.
I know where the proverbial body is buried.
The proverbial wheel does not need reinvention.
You are like the proverbial bad penny.
The proverbial fountain of youth is within my grasp.
I should have said proverbial needle in a haystack.
Our proverbial hospitality can not be overestimated.
Still pounding the proverbial pavement though.
The proverbial target upon our backs.
Let me out to the proverbial chase here.
The proverbial rock and a hard place.
Every word is the proverbial mot juste.
That proverbial old man yelling at a cloud.
Talking around the proverbial water cooler.
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James has gone off like a scalded proverbial.
Like the proverbial lamb to the slaughter.
We have been a tremendous pain in your proverbial backside.
Which shrinks the proverbial haystack considerably.
And this is the icing on the proverbial.
It is the proverbial big elephant in the room.
I am sifting through all the proverbial fields.
And so the proverbial and peaceful city.
Two different bites at the proverbial apple.
This is the proverbial line in the sand.
Two different bites of the proverbial apple.
Because those proverbial few moments of pleasure.
In both the literal and proverbial sense.
They are the proverbial canary in a coal mine.
Like falling off of the proverbial log.
Even the proverbial garage has a cost.
Because we are standing on the proverbial slippery slope.
Like the proverbial horse and carriage.
A fresh puppet to place my proverbial hand inside.
The proverbial scales must balance.
And that is the proverbial smoking gun.
His compassion for the poor was proverbial.
Tourists are the proverbial needles in the haystack.
This is just a bump in the proverbial road.
I am also up the proverbial creek without a snorkel.
You are currently at a fork in the proverbial road.
Actions are only proverbial drops in the ocean.
We were going like the bat out of proverbial hell.
That will be the proverbial snowstorm in august.
He allegations were swept under the proverbial carpet.
There is that proverbial line in the sand.
So we will cut through the proverbial crap.
This was the proverbial elephant in the room.
This is the chink in the proverbial armor.
Drawn that proverbial line in the sand.
