But if the history of Israel's contentious relations with its neighbors, and especially with its own indigenous Palestinian population is any indication, the now close-to-proverbial Middle-Eastern saying that "Terrorism is the war of the weak: War is the terrorism of the strong" is being demonstrated in spades with Israel's actions toward the population of Gaza.
The Sun, which broke the Cameron story – the incident at the Plough Inn at Cadsden, where the PM is a regular, happened three weeks ago – priggishly quotes a "pub insider" ( better than the proverbial No 10 insider?) saying the mistake was "frightening", which shows what slow learners they are at the Sun.
He claims Twitter is showing the moments when people across the country "were turning to people next to them on the proverbial global couch and saying, 'Did you see that?'" Social media is "measuring for the first time natural conversation … that a cycle ago would have been behind the closed doors of coffee shops and office water coolers".
"I had to let go of the proverbial self," he said.
While other rookies may be hitting the proverbial wall, he said he feels as though his season has barely begun.
These redoers are not proverbial soccer moms, said Jerry Tagliano, a manager at the Erebuni Corporation, an aftermarket parts company in Brooklyn.
"Sir Martin, like all of us, is not immune from being hit by the proverbial bus," he said, in a letter to shareholders.
"It's the proverbial win-win," said a New York-based philanthropy adviser who requested anonymity because she works with a number of the city's charitable organizations and did not want to risk alienating them.
Andorra is one of those places that might have prompted the proverbial Irishman to say: "You can't get there from here!" This is almost true, in terms of modern transportation.
Says my proverbial therapist: "Sex threatens you, Lauren.
