figure of speech
Intermediate (B1)neutral
A phrase that doesn't mean exactly what the words say.
"When I said I was starving, it was just a figure of speech."
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I Sent These Brooklyn 99 Moments to My Dad and He Said 👍
Brooklyn Nine-Nine · 7:51
It's a figure of speech.
Everyone's talking about the shooting... but MISSED THIS
Keith Edwards · 10:56
It'll be It's a figure of speech.
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Sundae Conversation · 3:55
That's just It's a It's a figure of speech, right?
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Tucker Carlson Network · 0:10
That was a figure of speech, but you and I both know has called
Historian: What George Washington Would Think of America Today — H.W. Brands
Anthony Scaramucci · 18:58
And at first, I thought this was just kind of a figure of speech or something,