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Jean de Rochefort wrote:
sorry again, I was more refering to "So you're going to drop the hot dog guy?" Apparently, I shouldn't of quoted the entire post.
Regarding "proverb": that's a great example of a proverb. That would fit the first definition of "proverbial" in the Webster's Dictionary. The fourth definition is "having become an object of common mention or reference."
I guess I'd figured the bully had become the common. Thanks for the lesson on "proverbial."
sorry again for the confusion. I'll watch it in the future.
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What you mean is something widely spoken or known of. Example: A turtle's proverbial speed. Also, in your post you referred to the "Bullies" as "someone" indicating one, rather than many. So I naturally assumed you meant only one person, hence my reference to the hot dog guy:
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However, I was under the impression that you trained so that if you're walking down a street and someone tried to interfere with your progress you could eliminate their presence with the least personal effort.
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It was meant more as a sarcastic joke, than an insult.