proverbial

It’s the proverbial Manhattan hotel, somehow both drab and sleek, an emblem of the gray and glass aesthetic of the city that appears in thousands of beloved Hollywood films and series.

This season, the show offered a profound lesson in what to do when you find yourself kicked to the proverbial curb, like almost everyone in Los Angeles eventually is.

House race barely registers as a drop in the proverbial bucket.

For all the claptrap over the decades about booting people out, this country’s leaders quickly realize their error and bust out the proverbial welcome mat just as quickly.

Still my proverbial jaw is on the proverbial floor every time I see a picture of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This guy thinks you shouldn’t get your kids vaccinated against polio, too.