There's a time limit before the metaphorical bottle explodes.

在这个比喻性的瓶子爆炸之前会有一个时间限制。

But is it metaphorical? Is it really a woman putting on makeup?

歌词采用的是比喻手法吗？描述的真的是一个化了妆的女人吗？

Yes. And that's a metaphorical use, but we can use it literally.

对。这是比喻义，不过我们也可以照字来使用。

But, 'pave' in 'pave the way' means create a metaphorical path. It's not real.

但是，“pave”在“pave the way”中的是创造一条包含隐喻义的道路。不是真的路。

Now, this sounds like a metaphorical meaning. Does it have a literal use?

现在，这听起来是隐喻含义。它有字吗？

Neil, you don't need a bow to use this phrase - it's just metaphorical.

尼尔，你说这句话的时候不需要弓，这只是一种比喻。

Yet it is walking through metaphorical fire which actually causes teams to bond.

但真正让团队建立情感纽带的是一起在比喻义的火焰上行走。

What happens over time now in our modern era, there are so many metaphorical tigers.

随着时间的推移，现代生活与之前相比发生了巨大的改变，我们遇到了新型压力问题，和当时穴居人遇到老虎是一样的状态。

Not to the mat, to your rug, to your earth, to the metaphorical mat.

想象一下这里有一块瑜伽垫。

No. It's gotta be a metaphorical. My ancestor wrote short stories.

不对。一定是比喻性的。我的祖先三个短篇小说家。

It's a story that ends on a visual carrying an equally powerful metaphorical weight.

这是一个以视觉图结尾的故事，具有同样强大的隐喻重量。

The father of this metaphorical family, she explains, is Kim Jong Un.

她解释说，这个比喻概念家庭的父亲是金正恩。

Gentlemen, please. Leonard is trying to walk a mile in my metaphorical shoes.

各位先生，莱纳德想" 穿我的鞋" 体验一下我的处境。

This means a way of shining a metaphorical light on them to see what they are.

这指的是隐喻地说了解它们来看看它们是什么。

The meaning is something slightly different, often metaphorical, and this is true of all idiomatic expressions.

它的稍微不同，经常有隐喻性，而且所有的惯用语都是这样。

Using metaphorical, poetic language, he says they linger above our letters.

用隐喻性、富有诗的语言，他说它们停留在字母之上。

It is, so, as is often the case in this programme, we're talking about metaphorical language.

是的，所以，正如本节目经常会进行的一类讨论，我们现在要说的是隐喻性语言。

So, it's used in a metaphorical sense to mean that something bad is going to happen.

所以，它被用于比喻义，是不好的事情将要发生。

But, remember this is metaphorical, it's not actually making a noise.

但是，请记住，这是一个比喻，它实际上并没有发出声音。

It's metaphorical to our lives too.

这也是我们生活的隐喻。