Sentence examples for two proverbial from inspiring English sources

More sour notes arrive in scenes with two proverbial "good Germans".

4. The fork in the road A logician vacationing in the South Seas finds himself on an island inhabited by two proverbial tribes of liars and truth-tellers.

The two Democratic leaders, who were standing soberly side by side, drew mockery for appearing like two proverbial parents expressing disappointment with a misbehaving teen.

Instead, they often choose to throw up two proverbial middle fingers, pair a Birkin with Birkenstocks, and call it a day.

Putin may well be attempting to kill two proverbial birds with one stone, threatening the West with the possibility of a new regional conflict, while also trying to convince Armenians that they need Russian protection.

Biochar stoves could potentially knock out both threats with one proverbial stone.

Carving was one of eight proverbial attainments of a chief, and young Maori of high rank were trained in the formal schools of learning.

At least three proverbial elephants haunt the communally-managed forests, grasslands and lakes of Southern and Eastern Africa.

Bigger guns shoot bigger holes in one's proverbial foot.

Though her height was just below the proverbial "five foot two" and her weight about 100 pounds, Miss Swanson always appeared larger on the screen.

In this Review, we discuss these three roles and compare them to the proverbial three wise monkeys, who are three mystic apes, known as Mizaru, Kikazaru and Iwazaru in Japanese (see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil in English; Fig 1A).