[いいふるす, iifurusu] (v5s) to say repeatedly; to say proverbially [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Proverbial \Pro*ver"bi*al\, a. [L. proverbialis: cf. F.
proverbial.]
1. Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb;
hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his
meanness was proverbial.
[1913 Webster]
In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial
cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst.
--Sir W.
Temple.
[1913 Webster]
2. Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb. "A
proverbial obscurity." --Sir T. Browne.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proverbial
adj 1: of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a
proverb; "he kicked the proverbial bucket"; "the
proverbial grasshopper"
2: widely known and spoken of; "her proverbial lateness"; "the
proverbial absentminded professor"; "your proverbial dizzy
blonde"
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย