proverbial

• “I cannot help but wonder if Erikson has it all figured out, or he wanders in proverbial dark a bit himself.”

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• “This is often described as the proverbial Dark Night of the Soul.”

  Before We Can Rise Up, We Must Go Down and Through

• “An interesting article, "Proverbs and prejudice: El Indio in Hispanic proverbial speech" by Shirley L. Arora De Proverbio, Vol. 1, no.”

  languagehat.com: EL INDIO.

• “Here he administered for the first time the Sacrament of Penance; here he preached from the pulpit of his panegyrist his first sermon; here he entered upon "that career of zeal and usefulness which made his name proverbial in every family of the parish." ...”

  Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886

• “Captain Forsyth, Settlement Officer of Nimar, had a very unfavourable opinion of the Bhilalas, whom he described as proverbial for dishonesty in agricultural engagements and worse drunkards than any of the indigenous tribes.”

  The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II

• “Xanthippe, by whom he had three sons; but her bad temper has rendered her name proverbial for a conjugal scold.”

  A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest

• “The memory of Coeur de Lion, of the lion-hearted prince, was long dear and glorious to his English subjects; and, at the distance of sixty years, it was celebrated in proverbial sayings by the grandsons of the Turks and Saracens, against whom he had fought: his tremendous name was employed by the Syrian mothers to silence their infants; and if a horse suddenly started from the way, his rider was wont to exclaim, “Dost thou think King Richard is in that bush?””

  The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

• “Why did it take so long before the stock exchange finally had the courage to call the proverbial spade a spade?”

  The Washington Post: The Financial Industry Continues to Ignore the Need for Reliable Answers

• “I felt relief because the film had rather skillfully named the proverbial elephant (s) in the room, raising issues that many educators find extraordinarily uncomfortable to talk about.”

  The Huffington Post: Lisa Petrides: 'Superman' Puts Spotlight on Education

• “The icing on the proverbial was the final day of the season when we smashed Partick Thistle 7-1, the talismanic Ken Eadie scored four second half goals to clinch the Daily Record Golden Boot, pipping Gordon Dalziel.”

  The Guardian: At which grounds can you watch football for free? | The Knowledge

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