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Перевод: proverbial

[прилагательное]
провербиальный; вошедший в поговорку; общеизвестный

Тезаурус:

1. So when the proverbial shit had hit the fan in Whitehall, Connors, or somebody like him, would have drawled at the emergency conference.
2. I took long breaks away from training and would then reappear like the proverbial bad penny, as if I had never been away.
3. If that happens Lonrho may be gambling on picking up the betting shop part of the operation for the proverbial song.
4. Such people are radically opposed to the idea of sociologists conducting research on the police and long for a return to a "golden age" when the proverbial veil of secrecy surrounded police work.
5. He positively brims with charm, suggesting that, like the proverbial Don, he has the enviable ability to turn it on at just the right moment.
6. Gabriel Gasbag - As thick as a proverbial brick, possesses hardly any intelligence (it's doubtful if she can even spell the word).
7. Cooper, who has lopped six to nine inches off his action, made four birdies in his last six holes, with his four at the long 16th the proverbial whisker away from a three.
8. This is not the proverbial free lunch.
9. When I first started there I really felt like the proverbial spare prick at a wedding.
10. It might be the proverbial bullet with your name on, or a bunch of cancer cells that someone has ordained for you.
11. I wouldn't be surprised if the coming slump makes the Thirties look like the proverbial walk in the park.
12. Rather like the proverbial granny in the attic, the baby in the nursery is usually capable of summoning an immediate response to his imperious demands.
13. She knew he had the proverbial wife and two kids at Camberley.