Well, figuratively speaking.

呃，我打个比方。

youdao

warriorLet's face it: software testers are constantly in a state of warfare, figuratively speaking.

战士让我们来面对现实：打比方说，软件测试人员经常处于作战状态。

youdao

Figuratively speaking, of course, those fathers having long been ground up and turned into so much cultural mulch.

形象地说，这些前辈们早已被碾碎然后与诸多文化的根源搅和在一起。

youdao

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

BBC: Webscape

That seemed unlikely as a matter of legal title but, figuratively speaking, probably true.

NEWYORKER: Silver or Lead

But could little Cyprus , figuratively speaking, be the thin sheen of water that flipped my Corvair from a fun buggy into a death trap?

FORBES: Cyprus -- The Nightmare Scenario