Of course this is just a figure of speech.

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。

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It was just a figure of speech!

这只是一种比喻说法!

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Today, High Mountain and Running Water a figure of speech about the bosom friends.

今天, 人们用“高山流水”来比喻知心朋友.

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Quantitative hyperbole is common figure of speech in both Chinese and English.

数量夸张是汉语和英语所共有的修辞格.

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His disciples said, " Now are plainly, and not in any figure of speech. "

他的门徒便说: " 看,现在你明明地讲论, 不用什么比喻了.

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What's the figure of speech of the sentence?

这句话用了什么修辞格?

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This figure of speech is plain and pungent.

这篇文章清晰而中肯.

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I figure on being in New York in January.

我计画一月份在纽约.

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You can figure on losing about a fifth of your force in counter offensives.

反击战的兵力消耗须以不超过五分之一为度.

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We figure on your coming early to help us.

我们指望你们会早些来帮助我们.

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What do you figure on if we can't get through the pass?

假如山口过不去,依你看该怎么办好 呢 ?

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She laid the fragile figure on the table at once.

她立即把弱不禁风的小人放到桌上.

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The figure on the left spoils the unity of the painting.

左边的人物有损于画面的效果.

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We figure on replacing the outdated software very soon.

我们预料到过时的软件很快会被替换掉.

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The figure on the leave spoil the unity of the painting.

画中左边的人物破坏了全幅画的整体性.

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We can figure on him to join the work.

我们可指望他参加这项工作.

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It's impossible to put a figure on the number of homeless after the flood.

水灾过后无家可归的人不计其数.

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He cut a poor figure on a public occasion.

他在大庭广众中大出洋相.

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Just figure out why you missed, and to beat that obstacle time.

你只需要找到失败的原因, 然后为下一次能够击败这个业障做准备.

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Scientists should figure out how to keep the natural world from mucking up the affairs of people.

科学家应该想办法防止大自然扰乱人类的活动。

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