For one, this goes right against the proverbial “all calories are equal.”

首先 这和公认的“卡路里都是等价”的概念背道而驰。

I, when I'm on the road I tend to be the proverbial early to bed, early to rise.

早睡早起。

Personal-finance experts have long considered the proverbial nest egg to be sacrosanct.

长期以来，个人理财专家都认为众所周知的（养老）存款是坚决不能染指的。

His oblique command was to become a proverbial case of gangsterism dressed in plausible deniability.

亨利二世通过拐弯抹角的命令让自己合理地置身事外，并打造出了一场众所周知的犯罪案件。

Sounds like you're still searching for a needle in the proverbial haystack.

看来你还是在大海捞针啊。

Sometimes they look at me like the proverbial bird in the punch bowl.

有的时候他们看我就像俗话中的" 扫兴使（屎）者" 一样。

It was like the proverbial threading of a needle, only with life-and-death consequences.

这就像众所周知的穿针引线一样，只是它会带来生或死的后果。

It is no exaggeration to describe Cambridge as being as flat as the proverbial pancake.

说剑桥地势如平底锅一样毫不夸张。

I mean, sometimes, you're in a completely distributive negotiation with limited slices of proverbial pie.

我的意思是，有时，你是在一个完全的分配性谈判中，只有有限的几块众所周知的馅饼。

See, when people drink they often seek to embark on a proverbial rollercoaster ride, without fear.

看，当人们喝酒时，他们经常寻求踏上众所周知的过山车之旅，没有恐惧。