Figure of speech 比喻 ; 比喻说法 ; 修辞
a figure of speech 言语上的图象 ; 修辞手法
the figure of speech 比喻上的不同
just a figure of speech 只是打个比方
figure of speech rhetoric 修饰文辞
implicit figure of speech 比兴柔厚
"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。
These animals did not adapt to their environment, even though we use that figure of speech. Their environment adapted them to it.
这些动物并没有适应他们的生存环境，尽管我们这样说，实际上是环境使他们适应。
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。
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