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

Using a figure of speech appropriate to her occupation.
使用比喻乃基于她的职业使然。
Analogy is a common rhetorical figure of speech, is an important way of stylistic rhetoric.
比喻，是修辞学上常见的修辞格之一，是一种重要的文体修辞手法。
Jesus used this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.
耶稣将这比喻告诉他们。但他们不明白所说的是什么意思。
What's the figure of speech of the sentence?
这句话用了什么修辞格？
Hyperbole is a commonly-used figure of speech.
夸张辞格是一种常用的修辞手法。
As used in an academic paper about a literary phenomenon, the figure of speech denotes futility.
在学术文章的文学应用上，此惯用语比喻为「徒劳无功、浪费气力」。
The teacher used a vivid figure of speech in his talk.
这位教师在他的谈话中用了一个形象的比喻。
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。
Chinese Figure of Speech is an important part of Chinese culture.
汉语修辞是汉文化的重要组成部分之一。
The twentieth century Chinese rhetoric has made the great achievement of the research to figure of speech, but there are still many problems.
二十世纪的汉语修辞学在修辞格研究方面是很有成绩的，但是也留下了不少问题。