proverbial

US [prəˈvɜrbiəl]
UK [prəˈvɜː(r)biəl]
  • adj.众所周知；谚语的；谚语表达的；如谚语所说的
  • Web众所周知的；格言般的；如同谚语的
Plural Form：proverbials  

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proverbial
adj.
1.
[obn]
谚语的；谚语表达的；如谚语所说的used to show that you are referring to a particular proverb or well-known phrase
Let's not count our proverbial chickens.
我们还是不要过分乐观。
2.
[nubn]
众所周知；著名well known and talked about by a lot of people
Their hospitality is proverbial.
他们的热情好客人人皆知。

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Definition:
AllAll,众所周知众所周知,谚语的谚语的,谚语表达的谚语表达的,如谚语所说的如谚语所说的,众所周知的众所周知的,格言般的格言般的,如同谚语的如同谚语的
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1.
At its usual cruising speed (at least with me aboard) of 22-25 mph or so, the Fujin SL-II was as docile as the proverbial kitten.
在其一贯的巡航速度（至少跟我上）22-25英里左右，富锦市下午二-二是因为温顺，因为谚语中的小猫。
zài qí yí guàn de xún háng sù dù ( zhì shǎo gēn wǒ shàng ) èr shí èr gàng èr shí wǔ yīng lǐ zuǒ yòu , fù jǐn shì xià wǔ èr - èr shì yīn wèi wēn shùn , yīn wèi yàn yǔ zhōng de xiǎo māo 。
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2.
No , not at all . . . I'm loving it . I feel we are in need of a bit of a kick up the proverbial! ! Keep going please . . .
不，完全没有…我非常喜欢它。我感到我们有些必要抬高这种谚语的表达方式！！！请继续吧…
bù , wán quán méi yǒu … wǒ fēi cháng xǐ huan tā 。 wǒ gǎn dào wǒ men yǒu xiē bì yào tái gāo zhè zhǒng yàn yǔ de biǎo dá fāng shì !!! qǐng jì xù ba …
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3.
Maughan, his light brown hair brushed into a neat bouffant, stared wide-eyed at the crowd like the proverbial deer caught in the headlights.
莫恩浅棕色的头发整洁而蓬松，他大睁着双眼，盯着面前的人群，如同众所周知的聚光灯笼罩下的小鹿。
mò ēn qiǎn zōng sè de tóu fà zhěng jié ér péng sōng , tā dà zhēng zhe shuāng yǎn , dīng zhe miàn qián de rén qún , rú tóng zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī de jù guāng dēng lǒng zhào xià de xiǎo lù 。
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4.
If he merely puts his savings in a stocking, like the proverbial French peasant, it is obvious that they do not give employment.
如果像寓言中的法国农民那样，把省下来的钱都藏在袜子里，显然就不能提供就业。
rú guǒ xiàng yù yán zhōng de fǎ guó nóng mín nà yàng , bǎ shěng xià lái de qián dōu cáng zài wà zi lǐ , xiǎn rán jiù bù néng tí gōng jiù yè 。
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5.
I decIde not to ask her for a loan In vIew of her proverbIal meanness.
因为她小气得出了名，我决定不找她借钱。
yīn wèi tā xiǎo qi dé chū le míng , wǒ jué dìng bù zhǎo tā jiè qián 。
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6.
I'm too far down the proverbial rabbit hole to be able to turn back, so part of me knows this is a permanent shift of some sort.
我已经沿着众所周知的路越走越远，直至难以回头，部分自我告诉自己这只是某种程度上的永久性转移。
wǒ yǐ jīng yán zhe zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī de lù yuè zǒu yuè yuǎn , zhí zhì nán yǐ huí tóu , bù fen zì wǒ gào su zì jǐ zhè zhǐ shì mǒu zhǒng chéng dù shàng de yǒng jiǔ xìng zhuǎn yí 。
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7.
Perhaps investors are like the proverbial frogs in the frying pan and do not notice long, slow changes around them.
也许投资者都喜欢在煎锅的谚语青蛙和不注意长，周围的缓慢变化。
yě xǔ tóu zī zhě dōu xǐ huan zài jiān guō de yàn yǔ qīng wā hé bù zhù yì cháng , zhōu wéi de huǎn màn biàn huà 。
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8.
She, like all of the men and women in her department, had been through the proverbial ringer.
所有在这个部门工作的人，都像俗语所说的“被上了套”，她也不例外。
suǒ yǒu zài zhè ge bù mén gōng zuò de rén , dōu xiàng sú yǔ suǒ shuō de " bèi shàng le tào " , tā yě bù lì wài 。
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9.
Like the proverbial cat that finally grows bored of the mouse because it stops wriggling, they may have decided to look elsewhere.
就好像活蹦乱跳的猫不会去把玩无聊的死老鼠一样，或许他们已经开始在寻找下一目标。
jiù hǎo xiàng huó bèng luàn tiào de māo bú huì qù bǎ wán wú liáo de sǐ lǎo shǔ yí yàng , huò xǔ tā men yǐ jīng kāi shǐ zài xún zhǎo xià yī mù biāo 。
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10.
Then the government was like the proverbial rabbit trapped in the headlights of the "market uber alles" thinking in place since the 1970s.
自从上世纪70年代起，政府就像寓言中的兔子一样，在“市场高于一切”思想的招牌前踌躇不决。
zì cóng shàng shì jì qī shí nián dài qǐ , zhèng fǔ jiù xiàng yù yán zhōng de tù zǐ yí yàng , zài " shì chǎng gāo yú yí qiè " sī xiǎng de zhāo pái qián chóu chú bù jué 。
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