Both Uses of
proverb
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- One could have eaten a meal off the ground without overbrimming the proverbial peck of dirt.†
p. 4.2proverbial = of a well-known metaphor or proverb
- The proverb you need to go by is 'Look before you leap'—especially into spare-room beds.
p. 152.0 *proverb = relating to a common saying of the time ("We must eat a peck of dirt before we die")
Definitions:
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(proverb as in: the well-known proverb) a short saying -- typically well-known and accepted by many as offering good adviceThe adjective, proverbial, may refer to a proverb or to anything that is well-known -- as in "It is a proverbial fish story exaggeration."
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(Proverbs as in: from The Book of Proverbs) a work of wisdom literature found in both the Old Testament of the Christian Bible and the Hebrew Bible