Ancient Chinese zodiac sign is a question of life is extremely fantastic colors and figurative meaning of the answer.

十二生肖是华夏先民对生命问题的一个极具神奇色彩和比喻意义的回答。

属类：中国大陆-wenku.baidu.com-

Hence the proverbial expression "to let the cat out of the bag" means, in a figurative sense, to give away a secret.

所以有句谚语说“把猫从袋子里拿出来”其寓意为“揭开秘密”。

属类：英汉句库-blog.hjenglish.com-

"The sweet tempor" is a figurative expression, but "the sweet coffee" is not.

甜美的性格是一个比喻的说法，但是甜美的咖啡则不是。

属类：无分类双语句库-home.ebigear.com-

A sweet temper is a figurative expression, but sweet coffee is NOT.

甜蜜的性情是个比喻的说法，而甜咖啡则不是。

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I’m not being figurative or clever here. I’m talking about legitimate soaring through the air, without the aid of wings or jet engines.

我可不是在这里打比方或是展现下我的小聪明，我说的可是在没有翅膀或者引擎的帮助下，真真正正在空中呼啸而过的感觉。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

The males in my sample shunned figurative doodles altogether.

我样本中的男性都没有形象化的涂鸦。

属类：英汉句库-www.ftchinese.com-

I’m not being figurative or clever here.

我在这里并不是纸上谈兵或者自作聪明。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

He is drawn to colour, figurative painting and female nudes, and the German expressionists handily deliver on all three.

吸引他的是色彩、具象绘画形式和女性的裸体，而德国的表现主义轻易的实现了三者的结合。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

Symbol: A symbol is a sign which suggests more than its literal meaning. In other words, a symbol is both literal and figurative .

象征：象征是指一种符号所指的意义超出了它的字面含义，换句话说，象征同时含有其字面意义和比喻义。

属类：中国大陆-hi.baidu.com-

The translation methods of figurative language--On Translation Methods and Translation Possibility of English Metaphor

形象化语言的译法--论英语隐喻的可译性和翻译方法

属类：中国大陆-www.ilib.cn-

Figurative Means in Music Creation and Their Aesthetic Merit

音乐创作中形象化手段及其审美价值

属类：中国大陆-www.ilib.cn-

Figures’Cultural Implication Correspondence Between Chinese and English: A Key To Translating Figurative Expressions

英汉喻体文化内涵对接与比喻性词语的翻译

属类：中国大陆-www.ilib.cn-

Figurative Thinking in E-C Translation

英译汉与形象思维

属类：中国大陆-www.ilib.cn-

On comprehending and translating figurative English

英语比喻的理解与翻译

属类：中国大陆-ilib.cn-

Figurative Word Formation in English Mass Media

英语大众传媒里的修辞造词法

属类：中国大陆-www.ilib.cn-

Figurative Methods in English Neologisms

英语新词的构成及修辞手段

属类：中国大陆-scholar.ilib.cn-

A Cognitive Study of the Abnormal Figurative Structures and the Semantic Abnormality

英语修辞格中超常关系结构与语义异常的认知分析

属类：中国大陆-www.ilib.cn-

English Figurative Speech and its Translation Skills

英语修辞之比喻及其翻译技巧

属类：中国大陆-ilib.cn-

It isn’t easy or painless, but as we learn how it works, we become steadily less afraid of our own death, both figurative and literal.

这不是轻而易举，也不会没有痛苦，但是随着我们掌握了其中方法，我们就会稳步对我们是（即是比喻也是字面含义的）死亡不那么感到害怕。

属类：中国大陆-bbs.chinadaily.com.cn-

This topic can be literal, such as price updates on a particular stock, or figurative , such as events from the database.

这个主题可以是很明确的，比如某只股票的价格更新，也可以是比较宽泛的，比如来自数据库的事件。

属类：IT行业-www.ibm.com-

All the elements of a literary work-plot, setting, characterization, and figurative language-contribute to the development of its theme.

作品中所有其他的元素——情节、背景、人物描写和比喻用语都是围绕主题展开的。

属类：中国大陆-hi.baidu.com-