His oblique command was to become a proverbial case of gangsterism dressed in plausible deniability.

亨利二世通过拐弯抹角的命令让自己合理地置身事外，并打造出了一场众所周知的犯罪案件。

For one, this goes right against the proverbial “all calories are equal.”

首先 这和公认的“卡路里都是等价”的概念背道而驰。

These irregularities, part of a pattern I'd failed to notice, were what I now know as open secrets living beneath those proverbial stones I'd had the audacity to overturn.

我现在才意识到，这些非常规的、我没有注意到的模式的一部分，早已是公开的秘密，它们就隐藏在那些众所周知的，我曾试图大胆掀开的石头下面。

Maybe you're a proverbial lone wolf or aspiring to be one.

也许你是众所周知的狼，者渴望狼。

I mean, sometimes, you're in a completely distributive negotiation with limited slices of proverbial pie.

我的意思是，有时，你是在一个完全的分配性谈判中，只有有限的几块众所周知的馅饼。

Personal-finance experts have long considered the proverbial nest egg to be sacrosanct.

长期以来，个理财专家都认众所周知的（养老）存款是坚决不能染指的。

It was like the proverbial threading of a needle, only with life-and-death consequences.

这就像众所周知的穿针引线一样，只是它会带来的后果。

Sometimes they look at me like the proverbial bird in the punch bowl.

有的时候他们看我就像俗话中的" 扫兴使（屎）者" 一样。

Sounds like you're still searching for a needle in the proverbial haystack.

看来你还是在大海捞针啊。

By using the lessons I learned from my rich dad, I was able to get out of the proverbial Rat Race of being an employee at an early age.

通过运用富爸爸教我的那些课程，我能够年纪轻轻并且还是一名雇员时就跳出“老鼠赛跑”的陷阱。

You are the damnedest note taker I ever saw Joseph, you take the proverbial cake.I know you're tired but I've really enjoyed myself at your expense.From utter mercy I will now stop and let you go to bed.

约瑟，你是我见过最强悍的笔录员，真是舍你其谁。我知道你累了，但我真的很 开心，虽然这建立在你的辛苦上。出于绝对的慈悲，我现在要停下来，让你们去 睡觉。

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.

所以，凭借这个身怀绝技的猎手的经验，这尽皆知的写在水上的东西—航迹，对于他全然渴望达到的目的来说，就和稳固的陆地一样可靠。

Could caffeine be the proverbial free lunch, or do we pay a price for the mental and physical energy – the alertness, focus and stamina – that caffeine gives us?

咖啡因到底是俗话所说的免费午餐，还是说，我们要咖啡因带来的精神和身体能量——机敏性、专注力和耐力——付出代价？

From the driest deserts to the most humid tropics, the powers of plants keep the proverbial lights on, maintaining the crucial flow of energy throughout the systems of our world.

从最干燥的沙漠到最潮湿的热带地区，植物的力量保持着众所周知的光明，维持着我们世界各个系统中至关重要的能量流。

All this, however, is not to say that meandering aimlessly and smelling the proverbial roses is what The Way of Water is about as a story.

然而，这一切并不是说漫无目的的漫步和闻着众所周知的玫瑰就是《水之路》这个故事的内容。

Here's a simple stress test to see if you have enough socked away for that proverbial rainy day, which, in this case, could be a monsoon.

这里有一个简单的压力测试，看看你是否有足够的资金来应付众所周知的穷困时期，在这种情况下，可能是穷困季。

And finally, when I just like splashed proverbial cold water in my face, I realized, no, that's exactly what, of course, she wants.

最终，我像用冷水洗了个脸一样清醒了，我意识到我的想法是错的，她当然会想要得到反馈。

Women are vital voices and agents for change on this planet, and yet we're too often missing or even barred from the proverbial table.

女性是地球变革的重要声音和推动者。然而，我们往往缺席，甚至被拒之门外。

He couldn't yet take in a whole city from Steve Jobs' proverbial 80th floor, but he was on his way up there.

他还不能从史蒂夫·乔布斯的八十层楼俯瞰整座城市，但他已经走向这条路了。

To single out a few particular stars from billions is like looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack.

从数十亿颗恒星中挑出几个特别的恒星，就像大海捞针。