Sentence examples for proverbial of from inspiring English sources
It is proverbial of bubbles that their imminent end is marked by contagious confidence that they are immortal: this upward spiral being metaphysically different from its precedents in tulips, the South Seas, and bundled mortgages, not to speak of the ineffable Signor Ponzi.
12 Proverbial of undertaking something beyond one's powers; cf. Cic.
Carving was one of eight proverbial attainments of a chief, and young Maori of high rank were trained in the formal schools of learning.
That could pose a terrible quandary for anyone in search of the proverbial fountain of youth.
There was no sparing of the proverbial rod of punishment in our house either.
Their film, which has the feel of that proverbial 'labor of love,' spans all human emotions and values.
Firstly, the currently used industrial strains represent only the tip of the proverbial iceberg of the actual genetic diversity present in nature.
The economic expansion mirrors the phoenixlike rise of Silicon Valley, the proverbial home of the U.S. technology industry.
To the Greeks and Romans, the Pillars of Hercules were the proverbial end of the world.
The object of that anger, like the proverbial aim of standup comedians, is to "kill".
Which one of the four is the proverbial Group of Death?
