proverbial 音标拼音: [prəv'ɚbiəl]
a . 谚语的,谚语式的,闻名的
谚语的,谚语式的,闻名的
proverbial adj 1 :
of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb ; "
he kicked the proverbial bucket "; "
the proverbial grasshopper "
2 :
widely known and spoken of ; "
her proverbial lateness "; "
the proverbial absentminded professor "; "
your proverbial dizzy blonde "
Proverbial \
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a . [
L .
proverbialis :
cf .
F .
proverbial .]
1 .
Mentioned or comprised in a proverb ;
used as a proverb ;
hence ,
commonly known ;
as ,
a proverbial expression ;
his meanness was proverbial .
[
1913 Webster ]
In case of excesses ,
I take the German proverbial cure ,
by a hair of the same beast ,
to be the worst .
--
Sir W .
Temple .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Of or pertaining to proverbs ;
resembling a proverb . "
A proverbial obscurity ." --
Sir T .
Browne .
[
1913 Webster ]
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "
proverbial ":
accepted ,
acknowledged ,
aphoristic ,
apophthegmatic ,
apothegmatic ,
archetypal ,
axiomatic ,
common ,
commonly known ,
commonplace ,
crisp ,
current ,
epigrammatic ,
exemplary ,
familiar ,
formulaic ,
formulistic ,
gnomic ,
hackneyed ,
homiletic ,
household ,
moralistic ,
notorious ,
pithy ,
platitudinous ,
pointed ,
public ,
pungent ,
sententious ,
succinct ,
talked -
about ,
talked -
of ,
terse ,
time -
honored ,
traditional ,
trite ,
truistic ,
typical ,
universally admitted ,
universally recognized ,
well -
kenned ,
well -
known ,
well -
recognized ,
well -
understood ,
widely known
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