2.
That proverbial saying, "Ill news goes quick and far.
Plutarch
3.
To stumble twice against the same stone,
is a proverbial disgrace.
[Lat.,
Culpa enim illa,
bis ad eundem,
vulgari reprehensa proverbio est.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero
4.
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!
Jen Lilley
5.
I hitched my wagon to an electron rather than the proverbial star.
David Sarnoff
6.
There is a proverbial saying chiefly concerned with warning against too closely calculating the numerical value of un-hatched chicks.
Neil Gaiman