proverbial

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as used in a proverb or other phrase:

The players pointed the proverbial finger at themselves as the ones needing to improve.

well known:

his proverbial good humour

(of a statement) commonly known, esp. because it is from a proverb or saying known by many people, or because it expresses a truth known by a particular group of people:

Yelling at me was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back.