▸ adjective:  Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.
▸ adjective:  Not used in a literal sense, but as the subject of a well-known metaphor.
▸ adjective:  Widely known; famous; stereotypical.
▸ noun:  (euphemistic) Used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase.
▸ noun:  (euphemistic, in the plural) The groin or the testicles.known, metaphorical, veritable, giant, preverbal, golden, fabled, smack, figurative, literal, more...

like an aphorism,  heard and quoted,

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