These phrasal verbs have so many different meanings, and idiomatic meanings, figurative meanings.

这些动词短语有许多不同的意义，如习语意义、比喻意义。

But that is the figurative you, not the literal you.

但是这个是比喻的你，不是字面的你。

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

“甜美的性情”是一种比喻式的表达, 但“甜咖啡”不是。

Portraiture or figurative art has no place in the official documents of such a state.

此后，帝国的官方文献上再也没有出现任何人像。

I'm sorry, I meant the figurative road. I see how that would be misleading.

抱歉，这个“路”是比喻。我知道这会误导你。

But, it also has a figurative meaning, for when someone is very upset, hurt feelings.

但是这个短语还有一个比喻意义，意思是某人非常沮丧。

You could argue that it's really just another kind of figurative language.

你可以把它想成是另外—种比喻。

Both are okay, but I like the figurative stuff.

两种法都说得过去，但我比较喜欢比喻的语言。

And so after a while it developed a figurative use.

过了一段时间之后，这个词发展成为了一种比喻用法。

It's more of a figurative of saying it.

这更像是一种比喻。

Not in the literal sense of going crazy, but in a figurative way.

不是字面意义上的疯狂，而是一种比喻的方式。

This could be an actual mess or a figurative one.

这可能是真正的混乱，也可能含有比喻意义。

So we have some very figurative language here in this first sentence.

所以在第一句话中我们使用了一些非常形象的语言。

But we use this in a figurative way.

但我们以比喻的方式使用它。

He’s my son, in the figurative sense of the word.

【figurative】打个比方，他就像是我的儿子。

The Zen simile is only one potential pitfall of figurative language.

上文这个禅语般的比喻令人百思不得其解，这只是作比喻容易遭遇的陷阱之一。

The age of the paintings makes them the earliest known figurative art made by modern humans.

这些画的年代使它们成为已知最早的由现代人制作的具象。

They were the first figurative art made by both our kids somewhere between the ages of 2 and 3.

它们是我们两个孩子在2至3岁之间创作的第一批具象。

At 22 and 12 kilometers wide, however, its inner moon Phobos and outer moon Deimos are figurative small potatoes.

在22公里和12公里宽处，火星内部卫星火卫一和外部卫星火卫二像生动形象的两颗小土豆。

It's a figurative expression that compares a person's height to the height of a big tree.

这是一种比喻的表达方式，将人的身高与大树的高度进行比较。