Proverbial

Adjective

 * Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.
 * 1) * 1947, Miracle on 34th Street (transcript):
 * Doris: You're making me feel like the proverbial stepmother.
 * 1) Widely known; famous; stereotypical.
 * I grew up in a prefab house on Main Street in 1950s suburbia, the second and last child of a proverbial nuclear family.

Noun

 * 1)  Used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well known phrase.
 * I think we should be prepared in case the proverbial hits the fan.
 * 1)  The groin or the testicles.

Thesaurus
accepted, acknowledged, aphoristic, apophthegmatic, apothegmatic, archetypal, axiomatic, common, commonly known, commonplace, crisp, current, epigrammatic, exemplary, familiar, formulaic, formulistic, gnomic, hackneyed, homiletic, household, moralistic, notorious, pithy, platitudinous, pointed, public, pungent, sententious, succinct, talked-about, talked-of, terse, time-honored, traditional, trite, truistic, typical, universally admitted, universally recognized, well-kenned, well-known, well-recognized, well-understood, widely known

Adjective

 * Czech:


 * Finnish: sananlaskumainen


 * Finnish: tunnettu, maankuulu, kuuluisa
 * German: sprichwörtlich


 * Greek:
 * Russian: общеизвестный, пресловутый

Noun

 * Finnish: sukukalleudet