At the proverbial last minute just kidding?
Has at last minute been special meaning?
Is the word proverbial using its usual meaning?
What is the special meaning between last minute and proverbial last
minute?
What’s the biggest misconception you’ve ever heard about the term “good”?
The word proverbial is used in it’s normal meaning here:
proverbial: which has become a proverb or byword : commonly spoken of
Example: the proverbial restlessness of sailors
(Webster’s Unabridged)
Widely referred to, as if the subject of a proverbs; famous.
What does “at the last
minute” mean when people really act out, and put a deadline on the table until the last minute? At the
last minute a team member noticed a serious typographic problem with the site design.
When you add word “proverbial”, you emphasize that this happens very often to a lot of people, that this is a common situation people can relate to.
If you say “at the last minute” then this emphasis is lost.
