figure of speech

英 [ˌfɪɡər əv ˈspiːtʃ]

美 [ˌfɪɡjər əv ˈspiːtʃ]

n. 修辞格; 修辞手段

牛津词典

noun

修辞格；修辞手段
a word or phrase used in a different way from its usual meaning in order to create a particular mental picture or effect

N-COUNT 比喻;修辞格
Afigure of speechis an expression or word that is used with a metaphorical rather than a literal meaning.
1. Of course I'm not. It was just a figure of speech.
  我当然不是，这不过是打个比方。

noun

This paper makes an investigation on the basic nature, major characteristics of transferred epithet, and on the principle and techniques of translating this figure of speech from English into Chinese.
文章重点探讨英语移就格的基本性质、主要特徵及其翻译的原则和方法。
Bourgeois Socialism attains adequate expression, when, and only when, it becomes a mere figure of speech.
资产阶级的社会主义获得足够的表现，当且仅当它变成纯粹的演说辞令的时候。
Think "broken heart" is just a figure of speech?
觉得心碎只是一个比喻修辞说法？
What's the figure of speech of the sentence?
这句话用了什么修辞格？
This is the figure of speech of "strangeness", adding boundless charm into his works.
这种“陌生化”手法，为其作品增添了无穷的魅力。
Could the graveyard shift be more than a figure of speech?
夜班被比喻为墓地轮班，应该不仅仅只是一个修辞比喻而已吧？
Transferred epithet is a very figure of speech of great importance in language use.
移就是语言使用中一个重要的修辞格。
Parallelism is the most commonly used English speech in one of the figure of speech.
排比是演说中英语最常用的修辞格之一。
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。
Using a figure of speech appropriate to her occupation.
使用比喻乃基于她的职业使然。