adj.谚语的,众所周知的,出名的,已成话柄的
My audience certainly isn't the proverbial man in the street.
我的观众当然不是街上的平头百姓。
His mastery of the French language was proverbial.
他对法语的精通是众所周知的。
He had the proverbial solidity of the English.
他身上有着典型的英格兰人的端正品行。