proverbial
Meaning of proverbial
noun
- Used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase.
- The groin or the testicles.
You'll find they've got you by the proverbials.
- Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.
- Not used in a literal sense, but as the subject of a well-known metaphor.
proverbial spilled milk
- Widely known; famous; stereotypical.
I grew up in a prefab house on Main Street in 1950s suburbia, the second and last child of a proverbial nuclear family.
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GalicianHyphenation of proverbial
prover-bial
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- proverbial is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
proverbial synonyms
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Translation of proverbial
- Italian: proverbiale
- German: sprichwörtlich
- Spanish: proverbial
- French: proverbial
- Portuguese: proverbial
Words that rhyme with proverbial
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