a figure of speech

基本解释

一种修辞手法
一个比方
一种修辞格

英汉例句

双语例句

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？
In other words you come to understand what language is I figured it out but of course in rhetorical theory figure is precisely a figure of speech.
换句话说，你开始明白了语言的本质,我想通了，但当然，在修辞学理论中,描绘，恰恰指一种比喻。
That's a figure of speech, of course: There are no iron bars at Halden.
当然，这是个比喻：在哈尔登没有铁栅栏。

权威例句

But maybe my saying so is a figure of speech.
NEWYORKER: Lake Water
She cannot speak the Ariekei tongue, but she is an indelible part of it, having long ago been made a figure of speech, a living simile in their language.
FORBES: Introducing A Science Fiction Book Club
This, though, is just a figure of speech.
ECONOMIST: Bagehot

词组短语

短语

just a figure of speech 只是打个比方