proverbialize
/prəˈvəːbɪəlʌɪz/verb
[with object] To make into a proverb; to use proverbially; to speak of in a proverb. Also occasionally without object: to make or utter proverbs.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Pigs: their Pedigree & Panegyric. From proverbial + -ize. Compare Middle French, French proverbialiser to make into a proverb, to use proverbially.
- as from (or of)
- (as) full as a goog
- (as) full as a Pommy complaint box
- (as) game as a pissant
- as game as Ned Kelly
- Asgard
- as God is my witness (or God be my witness)
- (as) good as gold
- (as) good as new
- as good as ——
- ash
- a shade ——
- ashamed
- ashamedly
- Ashanti
- A-shaped
- (as) happy as a sandboy (or Larry or a clam or vulgar slang a pig in shit)
- (as) happy (or lucky, miserable, etc.) as a bastard on Father's Day
- (as) hard as nails
- ash blond
- ash blonde
- ashcan
- Ashcan School
- Ashcroft, Dame Peggy
- Ashcroft, John David