A more polite version of 'Taking the piss'
See taking the piss
From one colleague to another:
"I hope you don't think I'm taking the proverbial by asking you to do this work"
Doing words encompassing connative explanation
Proverbial verbs encourage Acts.
Used figuratively to express or accentuate the use of The Champ
Man, if Dave calls out of work again I am going to give him the Proverbial Champ
Proverbial:
of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb: a phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations.
Haiku:
a three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
Proverbial Haiku: a phrase in a haiku form.
"Proverbial Haiku," by Pseudonym The Wild
It's better to have,
loved and lost than never to,
have loved at all.
doing nothing to a great extent
Jeff: What are you doing there?
Dave: Fucking the proverbial dog. ie. fucking the well known dog. ie. legally useless
I fucked her in the arse with my proverbial push-rod.