In this metaphor they can cling onto the lifeboats.

在这个比喻中，他们可以紧紧抓住他们救命船。

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

这些动词短语有许多不同意义，如习语意义、比喻意义。

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

但是这个是比喻你，不是字面你。

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

“甜美”是一种比喻式表达, 但“甜咖啡”不是。

That Dory analogy is pretty apt here.

这个多莉比喻很贴切。

If I am rhetorical it is because Stroeve was rhetorical.

如果我在这里有些舞文弄墨，使用了不少形象比喻，这是因为夫当时就是这么表达他自己。

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。

So, we've got personification and a simile there.

我们有人格化和一个比喻在里边。

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。

And I think you could make the same analogy with spending cuts as well.

我认为削减开支也可以这样比喻。

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

在这个比喻瓶子爆炸之前会有一个时间限制。

At Stripe, a digital-payments company, hiring-committee meetings are called " tropes" .

在数字支付公司Stripe，招聘委员会会议被称为“比喻会议”。

He draws an illuminating analogy with the history of smartphones.

他用智能手机发展史做了一个很有启发比喻。

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。

She probably could have picked a better metaphor.

她可能应该学着用个更好点比喻。

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。

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

歌词采用是比喻手法吗？描述真是一个化了妆女人吗？

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

配乐是一样，这并不是比喻。就是字面意思。

And Phil gave me that analogy. - Yeah.

这个比喻是菲尔想到 -没错。

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

现在，我这么比喻不知道对不对，" Namanana" 是源自于" 狮子王" ？