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。

But no one really wants to talk about this proverbial cow in the room.

但是有真正想在这里论这个问题（cow in the room，引申 elephant in the room，喻指众视而不见的畜牧业大问题）。

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

也许你是众所周知的孤狼，者渴望成为孤狼。

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，个理财专家都认为众所周知的（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。

See, when people drink they often seek to embark on a proverbial rollercoaster ride, without fear.

看，当们喝酒时，他们经常寻求踏上众所周知的过山车之旅，有恐惧。

Do you know what is lovely? This is the proverbial rifling through your recipe drawers. Yeah.

这是你在抽屉寻宝发现的？太棒了！

I, when I'm on the road I tend to be the proverbial early to bed, early to rise.

早睡早起。

Two days after I kicked the proverbial bucket, my husband asked my neighbors to do me a favor.

在我升天两日之后，我丈夫让邻居们帮个忙。

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。

Next time, we'll talk about what happens after you get your foot through the proverbial door: the interview.

下次，我们将讨论当你踏入那个众所周知的大门之后会发的事：面试。

We are the proverbial frogs in boiling water.

我们是众所周知的沸水中的青蛙。

Proverbial question is cake or pie, right, but here we're pie.

- 俗话说得好，是选蛋糕还是派呢，对吧，但在这里我们选择派。

They are the proverbial canary in a coal mine.

他们是众所周知的煤矿中的金丝雀。

Be willing to look behind the cover of the proverbial book.

愿意揭开那本所谓的书的封面，看看背后的东西。

We broke a proverbial sweat on it, whether it's mental or physical or whatever.

我们为此流了不少汗，无论是精神上的还是身体上的，者其他方面的。