I saw that she was, both literally and figuratively, up against a wall.

我都看到她，既是事实上也是比喻地，面临一道墙。

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Dependence on long-distance trade also meant that the great empires of the Middle East were built both literally and figuratively on shifting sand.

对长途贸易的依赖也意味着，伟大的中东帝国无论是实际上还是象征意义上，都是建立在流沙之上的。

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He said: 'it's all about her genes - literally and figuratively.

他说：“一切归功于她的遗传基因——她是一个名副其实的模特。”

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I lighted my lantern, and found that I was perched on a narrow ledge, almost at the end of my rope literally and figuratively.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

In our fast-paced, productivity-focused lives and workplaces, we are losing our gardens literally and figuratively.

FORBES: What to Do When You Have No Time to Think

There are many different ways to look at art, both literally and figuratively speaking.

BBC: Webscape

What will Iranians consider to be enough to have in that critical mass of, literally and figuratively?

NPR: Israel, Iran and the Nuclear Question