The sic itur ad astra become almost proverbial and several mottos use an ad astra phrase.

He has stated his intention to use the team as a black ops version of the Justice League, able to take the proverbial " fall " in public opinion when the League cannot.

Fishman describes the Jewish mother stereotype use by male Jewish writers as " a grotesque mirror image of the proverbial Woman of Valor ".

According to a very different account by an ancient grammarian, Herodotus refused to begin reading his work at the festival of Olympia until some clouds offered him a bit of shade, by which time however the assembly had dispersed-thus the proverbial expression " Herodotus and his shade " to describe any man who misses his opportunity through delay.

Faust, and the adjective faustian, are often used to describe an arrangement in which an ambitious person surrenders moral integrity in order to achieve power and success: the proverbial " deal with the Devil ".

Its equivalent in English would be something like “ cool dude .” The word has also been used to describe the proverbial Mexican Pachuco, delinquent, or outsider.

And if someone were to think of other resemblances between Opportunity and Hermes, he might also ask the proverbial question: " Who makes the thief?

But the quest for such an index goes on ceaselessly, with all manner of investors and speculators participating, ranging from the sedate institutional type virtually to the proverbial shoe-string operator, all seeking doggedly, studiously, daily -- and often nightly -- for the enchanting index that will foretell the eternal secret: Which way will the market move -- up or down??

" Carr argued that the Soviet Union's replacement of Foreign Minister Litvinov with Molotov on May 3, 1939 indicated not an irrevocable shift towards alignment with Germany, but rather was Stalin ’ s way of engaging in hard bargaining with the British and the French by appointing a proverbial hard man, namely Molotov, to the Foreign Commissariat.

Tantalus's punishment for his act, now a proverbial term for temptation without satisfaction ( the source of the English word tantalise ), was to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches.

A miner and rugby player, Ifor " ruled the household with the proverbial firm hand ".

Tantalus's punishment for his actions ( now a proverbial term for " temptation without satisfaction ") was to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches.

This is the story of the proverbial outsider who blows into town and subsequently manages to upturn complacency, shake convention, disrupt, rearrange lives and — reset the fates of all those with whom he comes into contact.

Alexander's proverbial phrase ( actually, paraphrased Math. 26: 52 ) " Whoever will come to us with a sword, from a sword will perish ," has become a slogan of Russian patriots.

Foxe is credited with the authorship of several proverbial sayings, such as " the surest way to peace is a constant preparedness for war " and " time and I will challenge any two in the world.

* Mafalda: The main protagonist character Mafalda is an Argentine girl, approximately six years old, with a great concern for the state of humanity and a proverbial hatred for soup.

From this " set up " the book turns to anecdotal stories that rely upon the proverbial " fish out of water " tales that pit MacDonald against her situation and her surroundings, such as the struggle to keep up with the need for water, which needs to be hand carried from a pond to the house until a tank is installed or keeping a fire going in " Stove " or the constant care that chicks need.

Chaudhry countered by saying that Qarase was like a proverbial ostrich with its head in the sand.

" Each city's machine lived under a hierarchical system with a " boss " who held the allegiance of local business leaders, elected officials and their appointees, and who knew the proverbial buttons to push to get things done.

Critics of the Language school point out that, by abandoning sense and context, their poetry could just as well be written by the proverbial infinite roomful of monkeys with typewriters.

" Instead, he claims, the popular appeal of fascism lay with its claims to technocratic achievement: " Was not the proverbial argument in favour of fascist Italy that ' Mussolini made the trains run on time '?

While that film featured a larger " all star " cast ( in fact, Universal had approached several, including Steve McQueen and Paul Newman, to star in Earthquake-but they had already been signed for Inferno ), Universal was able to land Charlton Heston in the lead role, along with Ava Gardner ( who signed at the proverbial " 11th hour " simply because she wanted to spend the summer in Los Angeles ), George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold ( who agreed to a part in the film to head off an impending lawsuit by Universal over a prior project ), Richard Roundtree ( riding a wave of success from the Shaft film series ), former evangelical Marjoe Gortner as an antagonist, and newcomer Victoria Principal.

A cut in this location will allow the blood to mix in with the sweat on the wrestler's face, giving them the proverbial " crimson mask " effect.

Though born with the proverbial silver spoon in her mouth, Bethsabée detested the rich lifestyle and estranged herself from her family, with the exception of her sister Jacqueline, with whom Bethsabée appeared to have been close.

He is considered one of the most prominent Brazilian statesmen ever, as his proverbial work capacity, knowledge and skills were essential for the successful outcome of difficult boundary disputes, some of which submitted to international arbitration – such as with Argentina and France –, as well as for incorporating new territory ( the state of Acre, originally Bolivian ).

The rollickingly malicious undertone of these folk verbalizations constitutes what might be labeled a ‘ paremiological revolt .’ To avoid openly criticizing a given authority or cultural pattern, folk take recourse to proverbial expressions which voice personal tensions in a tone of generalized consent.

British common sense is proverbial.

") and it includes a proverbial expression (" Only an inch of daylight left ") though it is possible that he coined it himself.

Of insects Africa has many thousand different kinds ; of these the locust is the proverbial scourge of the continent, and the ravages of the termites are almost incredible.

A similar form is proverbial expressions (“ to bite the dust ”).

The difference is that proverbs are unchangeable sentences, while proverbial expressions permit alterations to fit the grammar of the context.

The infinite monkey theorem and its associated imagery is considered a popular and proverbial illustration of the mathematics of probability, widely known to the general public because of its transmission through popular culture rather than because of its transmission via the classroom.

In Germany it is an honor to be designated to prepare such a collection, and being selected by a prominent academic to edit a Festschrift can symbolize the proverbial passing of the torch.

Its luxury remained proverbial ; and Campania is especially spoken of as the home of gladiatorial combats.

Chaucer's Pandarus is of special interest because he is constructed as an expert rhetorician, who uses dozens of proverbs and proverbial sayings to bring the lovers Troilus and Criseyde together.

If the proverbial window were old, and the newer proverbial window had a greater value ( determined by the shopkeeper's own valuation ), then the net increase in value in the economy is the difference between the value of the old and new window.

* The proverbial saying " Have fate without destiny " refers to couples who were fated to come together, but not destined to stay together, and as such is sometimes used as a break-up line.

Joel is a Jewish physician and the proverbial fish out of water from New York City ; fresh out of family medicine residency, he arrives in the remote Alaskan town of Cicely, contractually bound to practice for four years to repay a student loan from the state of Alaska.

Paprikás krumpli is a proverbial, traditional, tasty poor man's dish in Hungary.

Dirty McSquirty's cousin, he is the proverbial " person who is worse off than you ".

Bessie was born in 1854 in Syracuse, New York, and the abundance of attention from men resulting from her striking beauty is said to have led her down the proverbial " wayward path " at a young age.

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

Duck Dodgers appears in the 2003 feature Looney Tunes: Back in Action when Daffy notes that the only character that could save the film's proverbial day was Duck Dodgers ; he then realizes that Dodgers is his alter ego.