proverbial (adj.)

• accepted
• acknowledged
• aphoristic
• apothegmatic
• archetypal
• axiomatic
• common
• commonplace
• crisp
• current
• epigrammatic
• exemplary
• familiar
• formulaic
• gnomic
• hackneyed
• homiletic
• moralistic
• notorious
• pithy
• platitudinous
• pointed
• public
• pungent
• sententious
• succinct
• terse
• time-honored
• traditional
• trite
• truistic
• typical
• well-known