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Significats de proverbial phrase en anglès
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фраза-поговорка Conventional saying which permits alteration, transmitted by oral tradition, where figurative meaning is the extension of its literal meaning.
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Examples for "proverbial expression"
Examples for "proverbial expression"
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Beauclerk used his name as a proverbial expression for a bore.
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The original is a proverbial expression like "Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes."
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One day the king, hearing this proverbial expression used by certain lords, said jokingly-
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Not so much as would cover a sixpenny piece, to quote a proverbial expression!
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He wrote, over a century ago now: This proverbial expression is oftener used than understood.
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And in conclusion he reminded me of our own phrase, ' winged words.'
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And he called to Telemachus and spake to him winged words:
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So she uttered her voice and spake to him winged words:
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Milly's ears burned with the winged words, and she smiled all the time.
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But very near him came earth-shaking Neptune, and addressing him, spoke winged words:
Ús de proverbial phrase en anglès
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The Greeks, who were very fond of this race, coined a proverbial phrase from it.
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Indeed, "Ducie's luck" was a proverbial phrase at the whist-tables of his club.
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Perhaps the proverbial phrase just quoted may have had its origin in the natural phenomenon here described.
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Hers was an inextinguishable wit, always alert, epigrammatic, enriching the language with proverbial phrases.
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No wonder 'fish out of water' and 'like a drowning man' have both become proverbial phrases.