proverbial

[pruh-vur-bee-uhl] / prəˈvɜr bi əl /

ADJECTIVE

conventional, traditional

Synonyms

WEAK

accepted acknowledged archetypal axiomatic current customary famed familiar famous general legendary notorious self-evident time-honored typical unquestioned well-known

Antonyms

WEAK

abnormal atypical different unconventional unknown untraditional

Example Sentences

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Is Wall Street ready to have the proverbial punch bowl taken away?

From The Wall Street Journal

Acting as the greengrocer in his analogy, Mr. Carney proclaimed that it is time for world leaders to follow his heroic example, take the proverbial signs out of their windows and speak truth to power.

From The Wall Street Journal

That won’t happen overnight, of course, but the ground is most definitely shifting under investors’ proverbial feet.

From Barron's

The maker of connectors, cables, and other electrical components is the proverbial picks-and-shovels play, and as the AI trade rebounded, so did Amphenol.

From Barron's

proverbial

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