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。

It was just a figure of speech!

这只是一种比喻说法!

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.

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.

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.

What's the figure of speech of the sentence?

这句话用了什么修辞格?

This figure of speech is plain and pungent.

这篇文章清晰而中肯.

I figure on being in New York in January.

我计画一月份在纽约.

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.

We figure on your coming early to help us.

我们指望你们会早些来帮助我们.

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 ?

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.

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

左边的人物有损于画面的效果.

We figure on replacing the outdated software very soon.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.

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.

We can figure on him to join the work.

我们可指望他参加这项工作.

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.

He cut a poor figure on a public occasion.

他在大庭广众中大出洋相.

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.

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。