Câu tiếng Anh có từ “proverbial”

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• When we remember the conditions under which the actor pursues his calling, it is scarcely surprising that the term "poor players," should have become proverbial.

  B2should và ought toMệnh đề quan hệ với which, whose

  Từ trong câu: proverbial, remember, condition, actor, pursue, call, scarcely, surprise

  H. G. Somerville, Curiosities of Impecuniosity. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #38439. · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• Their suspicions of each other are proverbial, and ever with them is the feeling that sooner or later they will be overtaken by the law.

  C2Tương lai với will

  Từ trong câu: proverbial, suspicion, ever, feel, soon, late, law

  Robert A. Watson, The Expositor's Bible: Judges and Ruth. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #39727. · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• The sagacity of these animals is marvellous, and proverbial among the Esquimaux, who study their habits in order to get hints for their own guidance.

  C1

  Từ trong câu: proverbial, animal, marvellous, among, study, habit, order, get

  Various, The Catholic World, Vol. 03, April to September, 1866. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #41032. · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• The industry of the women is proverbial, for seldom will one be found idle, her greatest seeming pleasure being to have her hands constantly occupied.

  B2Tương lai với will

  Từ trong câu: proverbial, industry, woman, seldom, find, idle, great, seem

  George Wharton James, The Indians of the Painted Desert Region: Hopis, Navahoes, Wallapais, Havasupais. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #44627. · Tiếng Anh · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• In spite of having driven eight miles over a dusty road she was as neat as if she had just stepped out of the proverbial bandbox.

  C1Quá khứ hoàn thành

  Từ trong câu: proverbial, dusty, spite, drive, eight, mile, road, neat

  L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #47. · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• For a full minute neither of us could do aught but cling with the proverbial desperation of the drowning man to the handrails of our swinging seats.

  can và could

  Từ trong câu: proverbial, desperation, full, minute, neither, man, swing, seat

  Edgar Rice Burroughs, At the Earth's Core. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #123. · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• In this case, however, the proverbial luck of the British has been with them.

  C2Hiện tại hoàn thành

  Từ trong câu: luck, proverbial, case, however

  Charles F., 1870-1942 [Editor] Horne, The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914). Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #10341. · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• For a moment, in the great clamor, he was like a proverbial chicken.

  C2

  Từ trong câu: chicken, proverbial, moment, great, like

  Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #73. · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• So deeply did he probe every subject that he investigated, that his powers of penetration became proverbial.

  C2Quá khứ đơn

  Từ trong câu: probe, proverbial, deeply, every, subject, investigate, power, become

  L. Carroll Judson, The Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #33905. · Tiếng Anh · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• In the chapel they were secretly married, and for eight days the proverbial marriage-bell rang true.

  C1

  Từ trong câu: secretly, proverbial, married, eight, day, marriage, bell, ring

  M. F. Mansfield, Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #37211. · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• The first two power bases are the proverbial “carrot and stick”.

  C2

  Từ trong câu: carrot, proverbial, first, power, base, stick

  «Studying Emotional Competency», English Wikiversity, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://en.wikiversity.org/?curid=244420 (bản sửa đổi 2657608). · English Wikiversity · CC BY-SA 4.0

• The proverbial wet-blanket seemed to have fallen over the merry little company gathered round the table.

  A2

  Từ trong câu: company, proverbial, gather, fallen, wet, blanket, seem, fall

  Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #60. · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• Some idiomatic and proverbial expressions, too, deserve to be noted.

  C2

  Từ trong câu: idiomatic, proverbial, expression, deserve, note

  F. Max Müller, Chips from a German Workshop, Volume 3 Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #26572. · Bản dịch tiếng Anh · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• The activity and the agility of the Basques is proverbial, in fact a proverb has grown out of it.

  C2Hiện tại hoàn thành

  Từ trong câu: agility, proverbial, activity, fact, proverb, grow, out

  M. F. Mansfield, Castles and Chateaux of Old Navarre and the Basque Provinces. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #43609. · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• His proverbial industry made him as successful in the counting house as at the press--showing a rare versatility of talent.

  C1

  Từ trong câu: versatility, proverbial, industry, make, successful, count, house, press

  L. Carroll Judson, The Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #33905. · Tiếng Anh · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• They were an intellectual family and I attended an entertainment given by them in honor of Martin Farquhar Tupper, the author of "Proverbial Philosophy."

  C2Quá khứ đơn

  Từ trong câu: entertainment, proverbial, intellectual, family, attend, give, honor, author

  Marian Gouverneur, As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #28384. · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• Instinctively I glanced at Mrs. Watkin, upon whose lips the passage of words like "as the proverbial ace of spades" was clearly to be seen.

  C1Quá khứ đơnMệnh đề quan hệ với which, whose

  Từ trong câu: instinctively, proverbial, glance, lip, mr, passage, word, like

  Byron J., 1877-1920 [Editor] Rees, Modern American Prose Selections. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #19739. · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• It was big, and powerful; the Galactic Patrol's publicly-known forces would have stood exactly the chance of the proverbial snowball in the nether regions.

  C1would

  Từ trong câu: snowball, proverbial, big, powerful, publicly, know, force, stand

  E. E. Smith, First Lensman. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #49525. · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• The listener’s proverbial fate was not absolutely hers; she had heard no evil of herself, but she had heard a great deal of very painful import.

  C1Quá khứ hoàn thànhCâu phủ định

  Từ trong câu: import, proverbial, fate, absolutely, hers, hear, evil, herself

  Jane Austen, Persuasion. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #105. · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• In the dismay of the moment one thought stood out from the confusion of Anne’s mind and she grasped at it as at the proverbial straw.

  C1Quá khứ đơn

  Từ trong câu: grasp, proverbial, straw, confusion, dismay, moment, think, stand

  L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #47. · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• So that to this hunter’s wondrous skill, the proverbial evanescence of a thing writ in water, a wake, is to all desired purposes well nigh as reliable as the steadfast land.

  Từ trong câu: skill, proverbial, reliable, wondrous, thing, water, wake, desire

  Herman Melville, Moby Dick; Or, The Whale. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #2701. · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• Here, indeed, the proverbial ounce of prevention is worth many pounds of cure.

  C2

  Từ trong câu: prevention, indeed, proverbial, ounce, worth, many, pound, cure

  Anna Steese Richardson, Better babies and their care. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #72648. · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• Cool as the proverbial cucumber were Major Rodger of the Diamond Fields Horse and Major May of the Diamond Fields Artillery.

  B1may và might

  Từ trong câu: cucumber, cool, proverbial, major, diamond, field, horse

  Louis Creswicke, South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #38768. · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• The line from Mikkeli traverses a fair and prosperous district, as unlike the monotonous scenery over the border as the proverbial dock and daisy.

  C1

  Từ trong câu: traverse, daisy, proverbial, line, fair, prosperous, district, unlike

  Esther, 1865-1930 [Editor] Singleton, Russia, as Seen and Described by Famous Writers. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #19534. · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• "This appears to be a proverbial expression implying inconstancy; but the origin of the phrase is unknown to all the commentators on our poet."

  Từ trong câu: unknown, imply, proverbial, phrase, appear, expression, origin, poet

  Various, Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #23027. · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• The elephants have given rise to a proverbial expression in England, which is a little misleading when viewed in the light of Siamese opinion.

  B1Hiện tại hoàn thànhMệnh đề quan hệ với which, whose

  Từ trong câu: mislead, misleading, proverbial, elephant, give, rise, expression, little

  Ernest Young, The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe Being Sketches of the Domestic and Religious Rites and Ceremonies of the Siamese. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #48111. · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• Scientific methods of tuition, helped no doubt by women's proverbial patience, have, however, enabled the lesson to be learned after a few weeks' intensive training.

  C1

  Từ trong câu: intensive, tuition, proverbial, scientific, method, help, doubt, patience

  L. K. Yates, The Woman's Part: A Record of Munitions Work. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #38437. · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• “Seems to me he might as well search for the proverbial needle,” mused Shepperton, and, tired of watching, he turned his attention to the ruins.

  B2Quá khứ đơnmay và might

  Từ trong câu: needle, tire, proverbial, ruin, muse, tired, attention, search

  Roland, -1966 Filkin, Agar Halfi the mystic. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #77673. · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• He was industrious, temperate, frugal but liberal and proverbial for charity and a practical Christian.

  C2

  Từ trong câu: temperate, frugal, liberal, proverbial, charity, practical, christian

  L. Carroll Judson, The Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #33905. · Tiếng Anh · PD-US (Project Gutenberg)

• They keep their money under the proverbial mattress, invest it surreptitiously in their ventures, or smuggle it abroad.

  Từ trong câu: surreptitiously, keep, money, proverbial, invest, venture, abroad

  Samuel Vaknin, Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era. Nguồn: Project Gutenberg #4779. · Tiếng Anh · Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details. (Project Gutenberg)