figure of speech

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfigure of speechˌfigure of ˈspeech noun [countable] ALa word or expression that is used in a different way from the normal meaning, to give you a picture in your mindExamples from the Corpusfigure of speech• But how could you begin to verify the fact of reincarnation, except as a figure of speech?• He said he used the phrase as a figure of speech, and did not mean to imply she was a coward.• And this, Marcy Lupino knew, was not a figure of speech.• A: It was a figure of speech, sir.• The word means an obscure figure of speech.• I found this word in the dictionary meant an obscure figure of speech.

单词	figure of speech
释义	figure of speech From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfigure of speechˌfigure of ˈspeech noun [countable] ALa word or expression that is used in a different way from the normal meaning, to give you a picture in your mindExamples from the Corpusfigure of speech• But how could you begin to verify the fact of reincarnation, except as a figure of speech?• He said he used the phrase as a figure of speech, and did not mean to imply she was a coward.• And this, Marcy Lupino knew, was not a figure of speech.• A: It was a figure of speech, sir.• The word means an obscure figure of speech.• I found this word in the dictionary meant an obscure figure of speech.
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