Proverbial /(?)/
Pro·ver·bi·al
Proverbial
a.
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Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial.
In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst.
- Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb.