"figuratively speaking,..."
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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。
It is figuratively and literally otherworldly in its aims.
它的目的无论是从比喻还是从字面上理解,都是超凡脱俗的。
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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