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1·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。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·This is just a figure of speech.

这只是一个比喻的说法。

3·Antithesis is a figure of speech in rhetoric.

对照是修辞学中的一个修辞格。

4·Think broken heart is just a figure of speech? Think again.

觉得“心碎”只是一个比喻修辞说法？

5·Metaphor is not only a figure of speech but a meta-mode of thinking.

隐喻不仅是一种修辞手段，它也是人类思维的元方式。

6·I didn't really mean my associate is a snake; it was just a figure of speech.

我并非真的说我的合伙人是条蛇，不过是打个比方。

7·Metaphor is traditionally viewed as a figure of speech and a mere matter of language.

传统的隐喻观认为隐喻是一种修辞手段，仅仅是一种语言现象。

8·The pun in advertising is a special kind of advertisement, which uses pun as a figure of speech.

广告语作为一种特殊的语体逐渐成为语言学界研究的热点。

9·Metaphor was treated as a figure of speech and as deviance from literal language in the traditional view.

隐喻在传统理论中被视为是一种特殊的修辞格，是对常规语言的一种偏离。

10·In the classical theories, metaphor is treated only as a figure of speech and as deviance from literal language.

传统理论只把隐喻视为一种修辞格，认为隐喻是对常规语言的偏离。