proverbial in English
I'm going to stick out like the proverbial sore thumb
Use "proverbial" in a sentence
1. His modesty is proverbial.
2. His stupidity is proverbial.
3. His punctuality has become proverbial.
4. He drinks like the proverbial fish.
5. Byword: A proverbial expression; a proverb
6. Let's not count our proverbial chickens.
7. Byword definition is - a proverbial saying : proverb
8. Ah, yes: The proverbial three-hour tour.
9. + 3 He then spoke this proverbial saying:+
10. 23 And he continued his proverbial saying:
11. His generosity is proverbial in the neighbourhood.
12. He's got to pull the proverbial finger out.
13. He had the proverbial solidity of the English.
14. 27 That is what gave rise to the taunting proverbial saying:
15. The Celtics, meanwhile, felt like the proverbial jilted lover.
16. (Deuteronomy 9:1, 2) Yes, these giant warriors were proverbial!
17. But I swept such considerations under the proverbial carpet.
18. Santorini is about as stable as the proverbial blancmange.
19. The result was a level of corruption which became proverbial.
20. The proverbial walk in the woods is not for me.
21. My audience certainly isn't the proverbial man in the street.
22. He seems to have 9 lives, like the proverbial cat.
23. You are the proverbial Star and Key of the Indian Ocean.
24. Naturally, there is the proverbial robin - well, robins to be precise.
25. The eyesight and reflexes of the lynx have long been proverbial.
26. There was a vein of proverbial wisdom in what he said.
27. They speak an extraordinarily complex language rich in vocabulary, idiom, and proverbial expression.
28. Discourse.net: VOTE! (Preferably for Obama) The proverbial "Canniness" of the Scottish nation was all upon the one side; the equally proverbial _perfervidum ingenium_ was all upon the other.Chronicles of Strathearn
29. Boeotia was traditionally proverbial among Athenians for the dullness and stupidity of its inhabitants
30. Today, South Park offers a self-fulfilling buzz, a spot with that proverbial Left Bank feel about it.
31. Don't you think that the Pope come down on them like the proverbial ton of bricks?
32. Perhaps the peacock’s proverbial reputation for pride stems from this readiness to display all his finery.
33. Some of my guests were born sucking on the proverbial silver spoon, others knew hard times.
34. His loyalty to his friend was so exemplary as to become proverbial, hence the term fidus Achates (‘faithful Achates’).
35. Byword (plural Bywords) A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase
36. * It seemed as if the proverbial sword of Damocles would be hanging over me for the rest of my life.
37. (Proverbial) C’est la coutume de Lorris, les battus paient l’Amende ou, simplement et plus ordinairement… Amende v
38. Achates was a companion of Aeneas, whose loyalty to his friend was so exemplary as to become proverbial
39. Lucifer passed the Mark to Cain, who passed the Mark to you, the proverbial finger in the dike.
40. An astute businessman and virtual workaholic, he has his finger in more proverbial puddings than Little Jack Horner.
41. As a result, they act in the manner of the proverbial sledge-hammer to crack a nut.
42. 30 Some of my guests were born sucking on the proverbial silver spoon, others knew hard times.
43. 16 Not to brag or anything, but when the proverbial smoke cleared, I had left the competition in the typewritten dust.
44. • An Astute businessman and virtual workaholic, he has his finger in more proverbial puddings than Little Jack Horner
45. His loyalty to his friend was so exemplary as to become proverbial, hence the term fidus Achates (‘faithful Achates’).
46. Can the large firm in agriculture compete with the proverbial flexibility, in work and income, of the family farmer?
47. 10 From an easygoing girl she had metamorphosed into some one who wanted the proverbial all-or-nothing relationship.
48. Small towns and highways sit in the distance like the proverbial well-behaved child -- seen, vaguely, but not heard.
49. 23 Isaiah continues the proverbial saying: “O how you have fallen from heaven, you shining one, son of the dawn!
50. Yes, there will always be people who pulled themselves up by their own proverbial bootstraps, but Bootstrappers still need timing and luck