The limousine sped off down the road in the proverbial cloud of dust.那辆豪华轿车沿公路飞驰而去, 那真是卷起一路风尘。

My audience certainly isn't the proverbial man in the street.我的观众当然不是大街上平平常常的普通人。

His mastery of the French language was proverbial.他对法语的精通是众所周知的。

proverbial expressions such as 'a picture is worth a thousand words'谚语似的表达如“一图胜千言”