He says, picture yourself standing on top of one of the highest picks in the Rocky Mountains looking all the way down and trying to find a suitcase.

他比喻道，就想象置身于落基山脉最高一处山巅，一路走下去寻找一手提箱。

In this metaphor they can cling onto the lifeboats.

在比喻中，他们可以紧紧抓住他们救命船。

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

但是是比喻你，不是字面你。

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

“甜美性情”是一种比喻式表达, 但“甜咖啡”不是。

That Dory analogy is pretty apt here.

多莉比喻很贴切。

If I am rhetorical it is because Stroeve was rhetorical.

如果我在里有些舞文墨，使用了不少形象比喻，是因为施特略夫当时就是么表达他。

I pondered the cheese analogy and asked for clarification.

我思考了一下奶酪比喻，并要求解释一下。

Historians have often considered the sugar-as-a-drug metaphor to be an apt one.

历史学家们通常认为“糖就像毒品”比喻是恰当。

Sometimes they represent some idea in a more interesting way – a metaphorical way, perhaps.

有时它们以一种更有趣方式——可能是比喻方式——来表达某想法。

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

抱歉，“路”是比喻。我知道会误导你。

Although I did find the fences metaphor a little mundane.

但我觉得里面栅栏比喻略俗。

Many men had sought it; few had found it; and more than a few there were who had never returned from the quest. This lost mine was steeped in tragedy and shrouded in mystery.

很多人寻找过, 却没找到几人, 还有不少人一去就再也没有回来。悲剧笼罩在座地不明金矿上空, 无法比喻神秘。

She probably could have picked a better metaphor.

她可能应该学着用更好比喻。

There is something about water that makes it a good metaphor for life.

水有一些品质让其成为有关生命好比喻。

Oh, how she regretted it all. She had often heard of people cutting off their noses to spite their faces but heretofore it had been only a figure of speech.

她常常听说有人为了要害别人反而害了，从今以后已经不仅仅是比喻了。

You know, the soundtrack is the same, and I'm not speaking metaphorically here. I'm speaking literally.

配乐是一样，并不是比喻。就是字面意思。

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

是一种比喻表达方式，将人身高与大树高度进行比较。

Now, do I have this story right, Namanana comes from Lion King?

现在，我么比喻不知道对不对，" Namanana" 是源于" 狮子王" ？

The traditional metaphor for careers is a ladder, but I no longer think that metaphor holds. It just doesn't make sense in a less hierarchical world.

职业发展通常会被比作“爬阶梯”。但我认为比喻不再恰当了。在越来越扁平世界里，种说法是没有意义。

Even those who pride themselves on knowing their history will find themselves repeatedly brought up short by his insights, contrasts and comparisons.

就算那些以历史知识为傲读者也会一再地为作者广博见识、鲜明比照和比喻手法而受益匪浅。