FIGURE OF SPEECH


Meaning of FIGURE OF SPEECH in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

He said he used the phrase as a figure of speech , and did not mean to imply she was a coward.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A: It was a figure of speech , sir.

And this, Marcy Lupino knew, was not a figure of speech .

But how could you begin to verify the fact of reincarnation, except as a figure of speech ?

I found this word in the dictionary meant an obscure figure of speech .

The word means an obscure figure of speech .

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.