proverbial

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

Sometimes all you need in order to lift yourself out of the proverbial dumps is a plan of attack.
爲(wèi)了使自己跳出衆(zhòng)所周知的沮喪，有時候，所有你需要的是一個主動進攻的計劃。
But the good side of the rate-raising story is that China and India will have proverbial bullets in the monetary-policy chamber if and when things really go south in Europe.
但加息也有好的一麪：如果歐洲形勢真的惡化，到時候中國和印度的貨幣政策彈匣裡將有一些衆(zhòng)所周知的子彈供它們使用。
The old security model was for IT to build a big mote around the corporate network and only let trusted, authorized employees come across the well-guarded drawbridge and into the proverbial castle.
IT舊的安全模型是在企業(yè)網(wǎng)絡(luò)周圍建立一刻巨大的微塵，衹讓受信任的、已授權(quán)的員工穿越守衛(wèi)嚴(yán)密的吊橋牆進入衆(zhòng)所周知的城堡。

So, no Twitter or Facebook equivalents work for the proverbial bottom of the pyramid.
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Maybe the concept came to you in a flash, the proverbial bolt out of the blue.
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You use proverbial to show that you know the way you are describing something is one that is often used or is part of a popular saying.