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Meanings of proverbial phrase in English
Russian
фраза-поговорка Conventional saying which permits alteration, transmitted by oral tradition, where figurative meaning is the extension of its literal meaning.
Usage of proverbial phrase in English
1
The Greeks, who were very fond of this race, coined a proverbial phrase from it.
2
Indeed, "Ducie's luck" was a proverbial phrase at the whist-tables of his club.
3
Perhaps the proverbial phrase just quoted may have had its origin in the natural phenomenon here described.
4
Hers was an inextinguishable wit, always alert, epigrammatic, enriching the language with proverbial phrases.
5
No wonder 'fish out of water' and 'like a drowning man' have both become proverbial phrases.