例文・使い方で印象づける「proverbial」の覚え方
スポンサーリンク...But between the proverbial two stools, Demoiselle Candeille soon came to the ground... 
Baroness Emmuska Orczy 「The Elusive Pimpernel」
...It appeared thatthey were all planted by the emperor MuleyIsmael, whose indefatigable industry was proverbial...
Abd Salam Shabeeny 「An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa」
...In the Râmâyaṇam, the slowness of the ass hasalready become proverbial...
Angelo de Gubernatis 「Zoological Mythology, Volume I (of 2)」
...You remember that the blue jay has the thrifty habit of storing nutsfor the proverbial rainy day, and that the shrike hangs up his meat tocure on a thorn tree like a butcher...
Neltje Blanchan 「Birds Every Child Should Know」
...A dog’s memory is proverbial...
Major Gambier-Parry 「'Murphy'」
...The Yankee, with his proverbial thriftinessand forecast, appears entirely tolose these gifts when it comes to theproper and sensible management ofwoodlands...
Rowland E. Robinson 「In New England Fields and Woods」
...Their fidelity, their courage, their generosity, are proverbial,and yet it is whispered that they are occasionally capricious and not tobe trusted...
R. Lee 「Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals」
..."Working like a beaver," or "busy as a beaver," isone of those proverbial expressions that people acceptwithout comment or curiosity...
William J. Long 「Ways of Wood Folk」
..." Our author believed it a fable, but it maynevertheless be one of the many expedients used by a species of a groupwhose name is proverbial for craftiness and cunning...
Various 「Heads and Tales」
...It is proverbial that Catholics havegood music...
Atticus 「Our Churches and Chapels」
...The influence of thecreed they profess has made their uprightness and humanity proverbial...
Atticus 「Our Churches and Chapels」
..."We haven't the chance of the proverbial celluloid dog chasing theasbestos cat," he shouted to be heard above the roar of the motor...
Arthur J. Burks 「Lords of the Stratosphere」
...Our last port in Australia wasAlbany, which was cleared on the last day of 1914—a beautiful night andclear day, with the sea as smooth as the proverbial glass...
Joseph Lievesley Beeston 「Five Months at Anzac」
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