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

但这个比喻的你，字面的你。

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

“甜美的性情”一种比喻式的表达, 但“甜咖啡”。

That Dory analogy is pretty apt here.

这个多莉的比喻很贴。

I pondered the cheese analogy and asked for clarification.

我思考了一下奶酪的比喻，并要求解释一下。

And Phil gave me that analogy. - Yeah.

这个比喻菲尔想到的 -没错。

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”的比喻恰当的。

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

有时它们以一种更有趣的方式——可能比喻的方式——来表达某个想法。

He draws an illuminating analogy with the history of smartphones.

他用智能手机的发展史做了一个很有启发性的比喻。

Although I did find the fences metaphor a little mundane.

但我觉得里面栅栏的比喻略俗。

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.

很多寻找过, 却没找到几个, 还有一去就再也没有回来。悲剧笼罩在这座地点明的金矿上空, 无法比喻的神秘。

She probably could have picked a better metaphor.

她可能应该学着用个更好点的比喻。

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的好比喻。

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

这一种比喻的表达方式，将的身高与大树的高度进行比较。

Creating an analogy like this forces me to have a deep enough understanding of the topic to relate it to an idea the student is already familiar with.

创造这样的比喻法迫使我对这个议题有一定程度的理解，以和学生熟悉的议题做连结。

You said something's really funny and kills you metaphorically.

你说了件特别好笑的事，简直笑死了（夸张比喻的说法）。

And finally for important public buildings, the architect may also be looking for a central symbolic idea on which to base the design, a sort of metaphor for the building and the way in which it is used.

最后一点，对于很重要的公共建筑，建筑师也许还要寻找一个代表性的中心思想，以此作为设计的基础，有点像这栋建筑和它的用途的比喻。

In English, there are many expressions which use an adjective to compare humans with animals.

在英语中，有很多用形容词来比喻与动物的表达。

A nice simile. As bright as a button.

一个很好的比喻。非常聪明。

The stone was ground down over centuries. We also use it figuratively.

这块岩石受到了几百年的磨损。我们也使用他的比喻意义。

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

的，我的意思，就像用天气来比喻一样，我的思想就像一场狂风暴雨。