That is Persian education in a proverbial phrase.

It's just a proverbial phrase back on Helicon.

Darby and Joan is a proverbial phrase for a married couple content to share a quiet life of mutual devotion.

It is used as a proverbial phrase from the Bible (John 16:5).

Some experts classify proverbs and proverbial phrases as types of idioms.

In the later context of the slave trade and the racial mixing that followed, the proverbial phrase was given a new meaning.

- became a proverbial phrase in the French language.

To 'sing for one's supper', was a proverbial phrase by the seventeenth century.

Traditionally, the notion expressed in the proverbial phrase "good wife, wise mother," has influenced beliefs about gender roles.

"With flying colours" is a popular proverbial phrase of the English language.