You're speaking metaphorically, I hope.
我希望你是在打比方。
I'll leave you in Robin's capable hands— metaphorically speaking , of course!
我要把你放到罗宾能干的手中—当然，这只是打个比方。
Used metaphorically, the juxtaposed terms connote specific or essential traits of the being they refer to, introducing a mode of poetry as an almost habitual form of expression.
用比喻的方式，并列的术语隐含着它们所指称的存在的具体或本质的特征，引入了一种诗歌的模式作为习惯性的表达形式。
这是隐喻(比喻)的说法。
And you thought I was speaking metaphorically.
你认为我用比喻试。
Or I am speaking metaphorically-that might also help.
或者我换一种方式说，这也有帮助。
Metaphorically, have you ever spent 30 years in a cabin?
打比方来说你有没有在一个木屋里住过30年?。
Put something on the road that metaphorically we can all follow.
把这个东西放在路上，我们都能够追随。
In Britain heads roll or are impaled on spikes only metaphorically.
在英国，比喻头头们要么转动尖状物，要么被钉在那上面。
Yes, yes, metaphorically speaking. - STONE: Well, that's the spirit.
是的，可以这么说-很好，要的就是这种精神。
We understand the future belongs to those who can metaphorically surf.
我们懂得未来将属于那些能够冲浪的人。
Metaphorically, it means soft metal is the power to guard our nature.
意译是，柔软的金属守护自然的力量。
Metamorphosis is symbolic of ascension both metaphorically and physically.
蜕变是精神和身体上同时提升的象征。
We use words like grasp metaphorically to also think about understanding things.
这里的把握是个隐喻意思是说我们也同时在感知事物。
What is terrifying is the risk of humiliation, of metaphorically falling flat on one's face.
人们怕的是丢脸的风险，就好像摔个嘴啃泥那样脸面尽失。
In many languages food is often used metaphorically or figuratively as in "food for thought".
在许多语言中食物是常用的比喻或比喻如“精神食粮”。
One of the best ways to escape the constraints of your own logical mind is to think metaphorically.
逃避约束自己的逻辑思维最好的方法之一，是隐喻的思考。
In many languages, food is often used metaphorically or figuratively, as in "food for thought".
在许多语言里，食物通常被用来做隐语或比喻，例如“foodforthought（令人深思的事情）”。
Therefore, absorbing foreign culture is metaphorically a process of taking a bite, chewing and ingesting.
打个比喻，吸取外国文化是一个入口、咀嚼和消化的过程。
It is generally recognized that Zhuangzi's futility of utility metaphorically signifies the natural futility of Tao.
一般认为，庄子的无用之用是以隐喻的方式对自然无为之道的拟说。
Using our previous distribution example metaphorically, all our software departments need to get rid of their "trucks."
使用前面的比喻，所有我们的软件部门都需要避免他们的卡车。
From the cognitive perspective, synaesthesia is also a kind of metaphor, and it embodies metaphorically cognitive and thinking processes.
从认知的视角看，通感又是一种隐喻，同样包含着隐喻性的认知和思维过程。
This idiom was later used metaphorically to describe talking in a vivid and eloquent way, mostly in an exaggerated and impartical manner.
这个成语后来比喻说话有声有色，非常动听，多指夸大的或不切实际的事情。
Metaphorically, it's the curtain standing between the room you're living in now and a new room, much larger and full of beautiful objects.
而这个新房间相对大得多、有更多漂亮的物品。
This, I fear, the author means literally rather than metaphorically, for she seems to see no difference between the elephant and the human mind.
我觉得，作者表达的观点绝非夸张比喻而是认真的，因为她似乎认为大象与人类之间的思维之间没有区别。
Additionally, we need to incentivize the development and marketing of technologies that will, metaphorically speaking, get people off the couch.
此外，我们应当鼓励开发和销售，打个比方说，使人们离开沙发的技术。
Additionally, we need to incentivize the development and marketing of technologies that will, metaphorically speaking, get people off the couch.
此外，我们应当鼓励开发和销售，打个比方说，使人们离开沙发的技术。
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