proverbial
/pɹəˈvɜɹb.iː.əl/
Misollar
- Trump thinks he's the proverbial 800-pound gorilla.
sifat adjective
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Not used in a literal sense, but as the subject of a well-known metaphor.
proverbial spilled milk
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Widely known; famous; stereotypical.
I grew up in a prefab house on Main Street in 1950s suburbia, the second and last child of a proverbial nuclear family.
- Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.
ot noun
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The groin or the testicles.
You'll find they've got you by the proverbials.
- Used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase.
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.