The police are proverbially inquisitive.

众所周知，警察喜欢追根究底。

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South Korea decided to proverbially "park the bus" by bringing on its defensive stand-ins, who ultimately preserved its 2-0 lead.

韩国队将替补后卫队员换上场采取“铁桶式防守”打法，并最终将比分锁定为2比0。

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Minute fragments of shoot apices are proverbially difficult to culture.

微小的茎尖切段通常是难以培养的。

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Death and taxes are proverbially inevitable, but they need not so often be synonymous.

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Proverbially, the ancient Greeks were great originators, the ones who came up with the brightest new ideas in art and science.

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But comparing those numbers is, proverbially, like comparing apples and oranges.

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