Не могу перевести адекватно выражение proverbial hat .
Контекст следующий:I was perplexed. None of what I found would help a designer on a day-to-day basis. So George, Captain Obvious and I have decided to throw our proverbial hat into the muddled picture. (And quick! For god's sake, before I collect any more metaphorical personalities!)

Буду благодарна за идеи.

throw/toss your hat in the ring
to do something that makes it clear you want to compete with other people, especially to compete for a political position

а вообще есть хорошее русской слово "провербиальный"... поиском по форуму можно даже найти автора ))

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