English-Dutch translations for proverbial

spreekwoordelijk
We steken onze kop in het zand, net als de spreekwoordelijke struisvogel. Our heads are in the sand, like the proverbial ostrich. Daarom moeten we ons uiterste best doen om de spreekwoordelijke gulden middenweg te vinden. Everything should therefore be done to find the proverbial golden mean. Dan kijken we om ons heen op het stoffige spreekwoordelijke Mexicaanse pleintje en daar in de zon tegen het stationnetje zit de Raad. We look around the proverbial dusty Mexican square and there, in the sun, by the little station, sits the Council.

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
Widely known; famous; stereotypical
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

the proverbial smoking gun
proverbial spilled milk
I grew up in a prefab house on Main Street in 1950s suburbia, the second and last child of a proverbial nuclear family.
I think we should be prepared in case the proverbial hits the fan.
Are you taking the proverbial?

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