In later life, Dirac would become proverbial for his lack of social and emotional skills and his incapacity for small talk.
The boastful pride of the self-centred Arab warrior can be observed best in the poems of al-Ḥārith, who became proverbial for his arrogance.
The wrath of Artemis was proverbial, for to it myth attributed wild nature's hostility to humans.
In 1860 the Irwell was described as "almost proverbial for the foulness of its waters; receiving the refuse of cotton factories, coal mines, print works, bleach works, dye works, chemical works, paper works, almost every kind of industry".
The donkey's occasional obstinacy in refusing work too heavy for it has become proverbial, but its equally proverbial stupidity is often a reaction to brutal treatment and neglect.
To mark its 50th year, the Council of Fashion Designers of America has culled its proverbial closet for 100 of its members' best garments and accessories.
With Windows 8 optimised for portable devices with touchscreens, it becomes a pain in the proverbial for people trying to do real work using a keyboard and mouse on a PC.
The rapidity with which falsity travels has been proverbial for centuries: "Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it," wrote Swift in 1710.
Especially in the West, freedmen are astonishingly prominent in the record of inscriptions and proverbial for what the upper classes called unprincipled enterprise and vulgar moneygrubbing.
Indore was an island of peace and prosperity in a sea of violence, and her rule became proverbial for justice and wisdom.
