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，就想象自己置身于落基山脉最高一处山巅，一路走下去寻找一个手提箱。

In this metaphor they can cling onto the lifeboats.

在这个比喻中，他紧紧抓住他救命船。

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.

“甜美性情”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.

如果在这里有些舞弄墨，使用了不少形象比喻，这是因为施特略夫当时就是这么表达他自己。

I pondered the cheese analogy and asked for clarification.

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.

历史学家通常认为“糖就像毒品”比喻是恰当。

Yeah, I mean, as much as a weather metaphor makes sense, my mind is often feels like a very wild storm.

是，思是，就像用天气来比喻一样，思想就像是一场狂风暴雨。

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

有时它一种更有趣方式——能是比喻方式——来表达某个想法。

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

抱歉，这个“路”是比喻。知道这会误导你。

Although I did find the fences metaphor a little mundane.

但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, 却没找到几个人, 还有不少人一去就再也没有回来。悲剧笼罩在这座地点不明金矿上空, 无法比喻神秘。

She probably could have picked a better metaphor.

她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。

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自己，从今后这已经不仅仅是个比喻了。

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

配乐是一样，这并不是比喻。就是字面思。

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

这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，这么比喻不知道对不对，" Namanana" 是源自于" 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”。但认为这个比喻不再恰当了。在越来越扁平世界里，这种说法是没有义。