proverbial

Example Sentences

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“The scale is too much. There’s too much risk for any company … to put all of their proverbial eggs in one basket.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

I like the idea that he was still a schoolboy wearing his shorts and his sandals, although I think that's ripping the proverbial out of it.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Next to all that, a rocky relationship styled into an on-and-off situationship for a reality TV subplot is the proverbial hill of beans Rick Blaine mentioned in “Casablanca.”

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Many Angelenos don’t know Eastern Pacific green sea turtles are swimming in their proverbial backyard, but they are — and they’re thriving.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

There were a couple of possibilities: one, the helmet was malfunctioning; two, this troll was deaf as the proverbial post.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer