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、喻意义。

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

但是这是喻的你，不是字面的你。

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

“甜美的性情”是种喻式的表达, 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或写实艺术。

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

抱歉，这“路”是喻。我知道这会误导你。

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

但是这短语还有喻意义，意思是某人非常沮丧。

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

上文这禅语般的喻令人百思不得其解，这只是作喻容易遭遇的陷阱之。

Both are okay, but I like the figurative stuff.

两种写法都说得过去，但我较喜欢喻的语言。

And so after a while it developed a figurative use.

过了段时间之后，这词发展成为了种喻用法。

It's more of a figurative of saying it.

这更像是种喻。

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

不是字面意义上的疯狂，而是种喻的方式。

This could be an actual mess or a figurative one.

这可能是真正的混乱，也可能含有喻意义。

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

【figurative】打方，他就像是我的儿子。

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

你可以把它想成是另外—种喻。

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艺术。

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

它们是我们两孩子在2至3岁之间创作的第批具象艺术。

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，火星内部卫星火卫和外部卫星火卫二像生动形象的两颗小土豆。

Today, we still use " lodestar" in a figurative way meaning something or someone who guides us.

如今，我们仍从喻意义上使用“lodestar”，意思是引导我们的某物或某人。

I don't know that I would trust it for situations that require metaphorical language that don't catch the figurative meaning.

我觉得像是会用到喻性表达的场合，应该也不妥，它不太能捕捉到字词里的抽象含义。

It's not really a literal phrase, it's more figurative.

它不是真正的字面短语， 它更具有象征意义。