proverbial

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Sometimes all you need in order to lift yourself out of the proverbial dumps is a plan of attack.
为了使自己跳出众所周知的沮丧，有时候，所有你需要的是一个主动进攻的计划。
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.
但加息也有好的一面：如果欧洲形势真的恶化，到时候中国和印度的货币政策弹匣里将有一些众所周知的子弹供它们使用。
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旧的安全模型是在企业网络周围建立一刻巨大的微尘，只让受信任的、已授权的员工穿越守卫严密的吊桥墙进入众所周知的城堡。

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.