英 [ˌfɪɡər əv ˈspiːtʃ]
修辞；比喻说法
figure of speech //
可数名词 A figure of speech is an expression or word that is used with a metaphorical rather than a literal meaning. 比喻
"The leopard cannot change his spots" is just a figure of speech.
“豹子改变不了身上的斑点”是个比喻，指江山易改本性难移。
修辞格-引用次数：55
Euphemism is a very important culture-loaded figure of speech that is often employed in communication.
委婉语是在交际中常用的文化负载厚重的一种修辞格。
参考来源委婉语翻译中的文化传递
修辞手段-引用次数：9
Metaphor has been regarded as a figure of speech for a long time by traditional metaphor theories, while conceptual metaphor theory holds that it is a cognitive phenomenon, a significant way of thinking.
传统隐喻理论一直把隐喻仅仅看作是一种普通的修辞手段。 随着认知语言学的兴起,人们对隐喻的理解开始上升到认知高度。
比喻
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"The leopard cannot change his spots" is just a figure of speech.
“豹子改变不了身上的斑点”是个比喻，指江山易改本性难移。
Figure of speech.
演讲的数字。
Think "broken heart" is just a figure of speech? Think again.
觉得“心碎”只是一个比喻修辞说法？
That's all but it's no mere figure of speech though one can make figures enough about it in his poetry very often].
他说的就是这些，不只是语言,虽然人可以说很多这样的话,经常在他的诗歌中这样。
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Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
He was a master of rhetoric, as he was a master of mimicry, but his preferred figure of speech was one of the lowest, the pun.
Tuesday kicks off (no mere figure of speech, this) with questions (at 2.30pm) to the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, and his smoothly diplomatic deputy, Mark Harper.
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