PROVERBIAL


Meaning of PROVERBIAL in English

[adjective]She's got as much chance of winning as the proverbial snowball in hell. (The expression 'a snowball's chance in hell' is commonly understood to mean something with no chance of success.)His proverbial (= known by many people) good humour never fails to cheer me up.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.