figurative

(figurative) It was the study of history that gave birth to the social sciences.

He imprisoned her,in a figurative sense.

(figurative) It’s good to have you on board (= working with us) for this project.

(figurative) This subject is definitely a no-go area (= we must not discuss it ).

"'A 'sweet temper' is a figurative expression, but 'sweet coffee' is not."

In the “Light of Dante” series, the flowing hitsui discards the figurative pictures, consciously transforms into abstract symbols.

The logic analysis of anti-reality hypothesis compound sentence is to reveal its hidden logic thinking modalities which are different reasoning,counterevidence and figurative reasoning.

Edward Hirsch successfully and skillfully uses many language devices in his love poem“REGRET”including figurative languages, sppech styles, enjambment, metaphors, images, oxymoron, and chiasmus.