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    proverbial
    [ adj ]
    1. of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb

      2. <adj.pert>
      he kicked the proverbial bucket
      the proverbial grasshopper
    2. widely known and spoken of

      3. <adj.all>
      her proverbial lateness
      the proverbial absentminded professor
      your proverbial dizzy blonde


    Proverbial \Pro*ver"bi*al\, 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.

    In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial
    cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst.
    --Sir W.
    Temple.

    2. Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb. ``A
    proverbial obscurity.'' --Sir T. Browne.

    1. Panamanians still wait by the harbor and watch the horizon, looking for the proverbial U.S. fleet to sail in.
    2. For a novice angler it's somewhat intimidating, like looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack.
    3. They summon up images of men's clubs, the proverbial smoke-filled room, Fidel Castro, and men with an assurance or arrogance that still looks odd on a female frame.
    4. During a proverbial whirlwind round of media interviews, she was surrounded by a doting retinue that included two family members, a couple of publicity people, a promotion manager and several journalists.
    5. The devaluation of the peso in the 1960s and again in the 1970s left these same entrepreneurs holding the proverbial "bag."
    6. He was admitted to Indiana University Law School in 1970 despite being by his own admission "a proverbial C-plus student" in college.
    7. The proverbial visitor from Mars may perhaps conclude that he is to blame for all the woes of the British Conservative party.
    8. A nationwide vote of pilots could be the proverbial last straw for Eastern Airlines' pilots, who have entered their eighth month of a bitter strike.
    9. Have no doubt about it, this onslaught will come when the Taiwan stock market collapses and the proverbial man in the street will have lost his entire savings and gone angrily into debt.
    10. It was the proverbial good news and bad news for the edgy bond market this past week.
    11. Pastel houses were laid out beneath a proverbial pink candy lighthouse; it is as though it was always destined to be a holiday town.
    12. But "Dear John," which was moved to make room for the comedy about a town that makes pianos, may feel it's gotten the proverbial goodbye letter.
    13. The 60-year-old MacDonald, who says he's innocent, has lived for years like a potentate in plain view of Indians whose austere circumstances are proverbial.
    14. There isn't a level spot that an interstate pipeline company can find on the proverbial playing field.
    15. But isn't the horse-trading involved in such awards conducted - as anywhere - in the proverbial smoke-filled rooms? US sports hacks are having a bad time.
    16. And it stymied his attempt to show the country he was more than "just a pretty face." The notion that the Indiana senator was born with the proverbial silver spoon, never having to struggle for money or power, is borne out by his past.
    17. We know the world's up the proverbial creek without a paddle because God's pock-marked messenger (Jurgen Prochnow) is making all these nasty things happen.
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