That proverbial saying, "Ill news goes quick and far.
For as saith a proverb notable, Each thing seeketh his semblable.
Democrats have been acting like the proverbial American tourist in France, trying to get their point across by shouting louder in a language only they understand.
To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbial disgrace. [Lat., Culpa enim illa, bis ad eundem, vulgari reprehensa proverbio est.]
There is a proverbial saying chiefly concerned with warning against too closely calculating the numerical value of un-hatched chicks.
I hitched my wagon to an electron rather than the proverbial star.
To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbsial disgrace.
If ever there was a proverbial truth, it's the more you give, the more you get. Give and start experiencing a life of fulfillment!
Full oft in game a sooth I have heard said.
Often in jest I have heard truth.
You don't go walking into the proverbial lion's den lightly. You start with a good breakfast.