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“卡路里都等价”的概念背道而驰。

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

但没有人真正想在这里谈论这个问题（cow in the room，引申 elephant in the room，喻指人而不见的畜牧业大问题）。

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

也许你所周知的孤狼，或者渴望成为孤狼。

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

我的意思，有时，你在一个完全的分配性谈判中，只有有限的几块所周知的馅饼。

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

长期以来，个人理财专家都认为所周知的（养老）存款坚决不能染指的。

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

这就所周知的穿针引线一样，只它会带来生或死的后果。

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.

看来你还在大海捞针啊。

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

看，当人们喝酒时，他们经常寻求踏上所周知的过山车之旅，没有恐惧。

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

这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所周知的大门之后会发生的事：面试。

We are the proverbial frogs in boiling water.

我们所周知的沸水中的青蛙。

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

- 所周知的问题蛋糕还馅饼，对吧，但我们馅饼。

They are the proverbial canary in a coal mine.

他们所周知的煤矿中的金丝雀。

And let's not forget the proverbial watercooler conversations.

让我们不要忘记所周知的饮水机对话。

I'm right up the proverbial creek here.

我就在这所周知的小溪上。