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Significats de proverbial phrase en anglès

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Conventional saying which permits alteration, transmitted by oral tradition, where figurative meaning is the extension of its literal meaning.

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Ús de proverbial phrase en anglès
1
The Greeks, who were very fond of this race, coined a proverbial phrase from it.
The Book of Missionary Heroes
2
Indeed, "Ducie's luck" was a proverbial phrase at the whist-tables of his club.
The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891
3
Perhaps the proverbial phrase just quoted may have had its origin in the natural phenomenon here described.
Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches
4
Hers was an inextinguishable wit, always alert, epigrammatic, enriching the language with proverbial phrases.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
5
No wonder 'fish out of water' and 'like a drowning man' have both become proverbial phrases.
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
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