figures of speech

常见例句

I move from speech to belief because I simply don't believe that I'm using figures of speech.
我从说转为了相信,仅仅因为我不相信自己正在使用修辞。
That is to say that when we think we're telling the truth we're actually using worn-out figures of speech.
也就是说我们认为我们在讲述真理的时候,我们实际上却在使用一些陈腐的修辞手法。
Right now, he knows that I am concentrated on finding and typing some figures of speech, and I am sure that my final rhetorical question, at last found, will be rewarded by an unfair bite.
现在，他知道我全神贯注的寻找并输入一些修辞格，我确定，终于找到的最后一个反问句，将得到奖赏——被不公平的叮咬一口。

That is to say that when we think we're telling the truth we're actually using worn-out figures of speech.
也就是说我们认为我们在讲述真理的时候,我们实际上却在使用一些陈腐的修辞手法。
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I move from speech to belief because I simply don't believe that I'm using figures of speech.
我从说转为了相信,仅仅因为我不相信自己正在使用修辞。
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That's all but it's no mere figure of speech though one can make figures enough about it in his poetry very often].
他说的就是这些，不只是语言,虽然人可以说很多这样的话,经常在他的诗歌中这样。
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For better or worse, these figures of speech are profoundly embedded in how we think.
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These figures of speech can be quite useful in taking complicated or abstract concepts and making them more understandable in tangible, visual ways.
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