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- I didn't really mean she was in outer space it's just a figure of speech. 我不是说她真在外层空间--这只是打个比方。
- I didn't really mean my partner is a snake; it was just a figure of speech. 我并非真的说我的合伙者是条蛇，这不过是种形象化的说法。
- Paul: I'm sure it's just a figure of speech. 我相信那只是一种修辞。
- An instance of this use; a figure of speech. 比喻用语上述用法的一个实例；比喻
- This is just a figure of speech. 这只是一个比喻的说法。
- I didn' t really mean she was in outer space it' s just a figure of speech. 我不是说她真在外层空间--这只是打个比方.
- I didn't really mean my associate is a snake; it was just a figure of speech. ＂我并非真的说我的合伙人是条蛇，这不过是种形象化的说法。＂
- A figure of speech, especially a metaphor or simile. 演说形式，尤指明喻或隐喻
- I just said that it was like tank, a figure of speech. 我刚才说那辆车像坦克,只是一种比喻。
- I didn' t really mean my associate is a snake ; it was just a figure of speech. 我并非真的说我的合伙人是条蛇,这不过是种形象化的说法。
- I am not on puepose to say my parter is a snake,it's just a figure of speech. 我并非真的说我的合伙人是条蛇，不过是打个比方。
- A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite, as in This is no small problem. 间接肯定法用有节制的陈述所构成一种修辞手法，即通过否定其反面来表达肯定的意思，例如在这并不是一个小问题中
- The passage employs a figure of speech called parallelism. 这句话运用了对仗的修辞方法。
- Victoria: "I will kill anyone who dishonors my family." How many times has he said that?A hundred times, a million times?Paul: I' m sure it' s just a figure of speech . 当他爱上维多利亚后，他融入了这个家族，找到了自己的根，心中幼年的创伤和残酷战争对他的伤害才开始愈合。
- Something, such as an ornament or a figure of speech, that resembles a flower in shape, fineness, or attractiveness. 华丽; 辞藻某种在形状、精细或吸引人的程度上与花相似的物品，例如一件饰物或一席讲话
- A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared. 明喻:一种修辞手法,把两种基本不相像的东西进行比较。
- A deliberately paradoxical figure of speech. 故意似是而非的比喻
- A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated, as in the use of Washington for the United States government or of the sword for military power. 换喻，转喻一种一个词或词组被另一个与之有紧密联系的词或词组替换的修辞方法，如用华盛顿代替美政府或用剑代替军事力量
- A figure of speech, of course, but a woman weeping seven days and nights erodes the will. 当然，这只不过是说说，可是一个女人哭上七天七夜，不由你意志不受腐蚀。
- Simile is a figure of speech which makes a comparison between two things that are different in essence. 明喻是一种修辞手法,它比较两种本质不同的事物。
