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Definition of proverbial in English: proverbialadjective prəˈvəːbɪəlprəˈvərbiəl 1(of a word or phrase) referred to in a proverb or idiom. I'm going to stick out like the proverbial sore thumb Example sentencesExamples - She looked as though there was something she wanted to say, but either she couldn't find the words or the proverbial cat had her tongue because she didn't say anything.
- On campus, they stick out like the proverbial sore thumb because they are the ones with the bandaged fingers.
- Conversely, an inconsistency in your essay will stick out like the proverbial sore thumb.
- The title of the movie refers to the proverbial elephant in the living room - the big problem that is ignored for so long that people are no longer able to recognize it.
- In other words, the government is between the proverbial rock and the hard place.
- 1.1 Well known, especially so as to be stereotypical.
the Welsh people, whose hospitality is proverbial Example sentencesExamples - It's just so much easier to curse like the proverbial inner city sailor than to speak in a traditionally sophisticated and cultured manner.
- Taken at face value, the question seems simple enough but scratch it and the hidden prejudices and stereotypes tumble out of the cupboard like the proverbial skeletons.
- You don't have to be a Democrat, a liberal, or a socialist to acknowledge that the proverbial wheels are falling off the juggernaut.
- For those who may have been living under the proverbial rock, Andy Warhol is perhaps the most well-known American artist of the twentieth century.
- I was notorious for talking myself straight into a proverbial brick wall, and that was something I certainly didn't want to do in this situation.
Synonyms well known, famous, famed, renowned, traditional, time-honoured, legendary notorious, infamous
noun prəˈvəːbɪəl Used to stand for a word or phrase that is normally part of a proverb or idiom but is not actually uttered. one word out of line, and the proverbial hits the fan Example sentencesExamples - The shows have been packed to the proverbials, with punters lining up to get some one-to-one time with their gag gurus.
- Although by trying to ‘organise’ the separate groups the PCT bureaucrats displayed their inability to organise the proverbial in a brewery.
- Let's just say that I've been rushed off my proverbials, settling into life in London.
- If nothing else, it should be more open than the only league meeting between the two so far this term, when Chelsea bored the proverbials off everyone on their way to a 1-0 win at Old Trafford.
Derivatives noun prəvəːbɪˈalɪti This is cited as farm wisdom, and there is no reason to doubt its proverbiality, although a few more references would be welcome. Example sentencesExamples - There was no ‘general collapse of proverbiality’ and no ‘nearly complete blackout’ of proverbs, and, as will be shown in this present study, not even Lord Chesterfield himself could escape the spell of proverbs.
adverb prəˈvəːbɪəli This study holds that around the time of marriage, happiness increases briefly during what is proverbially called the honeymoon period, but that after one year it returns to the level that prevailed more than one year before marriage. Example sentencesExamples - She sums up her social experience by saying proverbially, ‘The poorer you are, the happier you are.’
- Traditional, local institutions were thought to be the solution to what is proverbially known as ‘the tragedy of the commons.’
- We have been pleading for years for a level playing field over which our Government has miserably failed us; but through a proverbially perverse back door the same end has been achieved.
- It was the proverbially dark and stormy night - the coldest February weather in recorded history, with sheets of rain and a biting wind.
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin proverbialis, from proverbium (see proverb). Definition of proverbial in US English: proverbialadjectiveprəˈvərbēəlprəˈvərbiəl 1(of a word or phrase) referred to in a proverb or idiom. I'm going to stick out like the proverbial sore thumb Example sentencesExamples - The title of the movie refers to the proverbial elephant in the living room - the big problem that is ignored for so long that people are no longer able to recognize it.
- She looked as though there was something she wanted to say, but either she couldn't find the words or the proverbial cat had her tongue because she didn't say anything.
- On campus, they stick out like the proverbial sore thumb because they are the ones with the bandaged fingers.
- Conversely, an inconsistency in your essay will stick out like the proverbial sore thumb.
- In other words, the government is between the proverbial rock and the hard place.
- 1.1 Well known, especially so as to be stereotypical.
the Welsh people, whose hospitality is proverbial Example sentencesExamples - Taken at face value, the question seems simple enough but scratch it and the hidden prejudices and stereotypes tumble out of the cupboard like the proverbial skeletons.
- You don't have to be a Democrat, a liberal, or a socialist to acknowledge that the proverbial wheels are falling off the juggernaut.
- For those who may have been living under the proverbial rock, Andy Warhol is perhaps the most well-known American artist of the twentieth century.
- It's just so much easier to curse like the proverbial inner city sailor than to speak in a traditionally sophisticated and cultured manner.
- I was notorious for talking myself straight into a proverbial brick wall, and that was something I certainly didn't want to do in this situation.
Synonyms well known, famous, famed, renowned, traditional, time-honoured, legendary
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin proverbialis, from proverbium (see proverb). |