Our new intern is proverbially the early bird, arriving before anyone else each morning.

我們的新實習生正如俗話說的早起的鳥兒，每天早上都比其他人先到。

The delayed shipment was proverbially the last straw for our biggest overseas client.

這批延遲的貨物，正如俗話所說，成了壓垮我們最大海外客戶的最後一根稻草。

When the merger talks failed, the CEO said they had proverbially put all their eggs in one basket.

合併談判破局後，執行長說他們就像俗話說的，把雞蛋全放在同一個籃子裡。