Associations to the word «Proverbial»
Wiktionary
PROVERBIAL, adjective. Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.
PROVERBIAL, adjective. Widely known; famous; stereotypical.
PROVERBIAL, noun. (euphemistic) Used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase.
PROVERBIAL, noun. (euphemistic) The groin or the testicles.
Dictionary definition
PROVERBIAL, adjective. Of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb; "he kicked the proverbial bucket"; "the proverbial grasshopper".
PROVERBIAL, adjective. Widely known and spoken of; "her proverbial lateness"; "the proverbial absentminded professor"; "your proverbial dizzy blonde".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.