Sentence examples for proverbial mountain from inspiring English sources

To this add a proverbial mountain of manuscripts and grant proposals to review.

Lyrically, you'll hear the proverbial trains, mountains, valleys and other blues references about heartbreak and loneliness, but there are also some poignant moments about getting away from the stressful, crazy demands of life and losing yourself with your special someone.

When it comes to climbing that mountain (or proverbial ladder), I don't worry about making it high enough (I was really good at the rope climb in fourth-grade gym class and I've never been afraid of heights).

Be sure that you weren't imagining it and they weren't having a simple one-off venting session; it is better not to turn the proverbial molehill into a mountain.

But when it has gone, or only the tiniest sliver of it remains, the real mountain to climb is the proverbial one.

On the afternoon after I heard the proverbial tree fall in the forest, I hiked into the mountains above Borobudur.

But given that the Alps are currently one of climate change's proverbial 'coalmine canaries' due to the region's fast-melting glaciers and disappearing snow lines, is this mountain range really the best place to spend billions of dollars on new tourism infrastructure?

As I say, the story is developing, and may well be so fast-moving that, by the time you read this, police will have discovered a concealed frittata or a mountain of French toast beneath the Bieber floorboards, which would leave this column with the proverbial on its face.

The proverbial blank slate".

The title became proverbial.

Are we the proverbial chopped liver?