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"
1Beauclerk used his name as a proverbial expression for a bore.
2The original is a proverbial expression like "Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes."
3One day the king, hearing this proverbial expression used by certain lords, said jokingly-
4Not so much as would cover a sixpenny piece, to quote a proverbial expression!
5He wrote, over a century ago now: This proverbial expression is oftener used than understood.
1And in conclusion he reminded me of our own phrase, ' winged words.'
2And he called to Telemachus and spake to him winged words:
3So she uttered her voice and spake to him winged words:
4Milly's ears burned with the winged words, and she smiled all the time.
5But very near him came earth-shaking Neptune, and addressing him, spoke winged words:
1The Greeks, who were very fond of this race, coined a proverbial phrase from it.
2Indeed, "Ducie's luck" was a proverbial phrase at the whist-tables of his club.
3Perhaps the proverbial phrase just quoted may have had its origin in the natural phenomenon here described.
4Hers was an inextinguishable wit, always alert, epigrammatic, enriching the language with proverbial phrases.
5No wonder 'fish out of water' and 'like a drowning man' have both become proverbial phrases.
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