proverbial

suomi-englanti sanakirja

proverbial englannista suomeksi

  1. kuuluisa, tunnettu, maankuulu, tarumainen

  2. sananlaskumainen, sananlaskun

  1. sananlaskumainen

  2. tunnettu, maankuulu, kuuluisa

  3. Substantiivi

  4. sukukalleus (monikko) / sukukalleudet

proverbial englanniksi

  1. Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or tale.

  2. (ux)

  3. 1947, ''on 34th Street|Miracle on 34th Street'' (transcript):

  4. Doris: You're making me feel like the proverbial stepmother.
  5. (ng)

  6. (quote-journal)|title=Republican Study Committee Chairman supports ‘crap sandwich’ funding bill|magazine=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/17/politics/mark-walker-crap-sandwich|date=2018-01-17|passage=“We don’t like it, it’s the proverbial ‘crap sandwich’ that they talk about but what’s the best move from here and we think it’s the way to go,” said Rep. Mark Walker, chairman of the large group of fiscal conservatives known as the Republican Study Committee. (..) “I think there is a growing consensus, whether it’s February or sometime, that we don’t want to be on this proverbial hamster wheel,” he said.

  7. Widely known; famous; stereotypical.

  8. {{quote-journal|en|date=2007-05-17|author=Mark Leibovich|title=For ’08 Résumés, Don’t Ask Them to Fill in Blanks|work=The New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/us/politics/17elephant.html

  9. Used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase.

  10. The groin or the testicles.

  11. (l)