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。

She is, figuratively speaking, holding a gun to his head.

打个比方说，她正拿枪对着他的脑袋。

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。

Well, figuratively speaking.

呃，我打个比方。

Myth is truthful, but figuratively so.

神话是真实的，但有着很多象征性。

There is no threshold - literally and figuratively.

没有门槛-字面意义和象征意义。

Representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory.

用寓言或者符号象征性的表示。

These verbs mean to set upon physically or figuratively.

这些动词都表示实际或象征性地攻击。

These verbs mean to set upon, physically or figuratively.

这些动词都表示实际或象征性地攻击。

He did not mean this figuratively he meant this literally.

他没有这个意思，他指这是变相形象。

The context shows that the words must be taken figuratively.

上下文显明了用语必须以比喻的方式出现。

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。”

Literally: to cover with cardboard. Figuratively: to be successful.

字面上：用硬纸板覆盖。引申义：成功。

It occurs to me that "Control your exit" is advice that's figuratively true, too.

我突然发现“控制自己的出口”从喻意方面来说也是正确的。

It brought down the financial pillars of the United States figuratively and literally.

它带来的下跌财政的支柱，美国的形象和在字面上。

So today's computer or smartphone is, figuratively, a United Nations assembly of parts.

所以现在的手机或电脑，可以形象地说，就是一个美国组装。

It's a word you use when you say something that shouldn't just be interpreted figuratively.

它只有在你说一些不能直接用比喻的口吻说出的事情时才会用到。

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“food for thought（令人深思的事情）”。

Their movies literally and figuratively opened up a whole new world to an entire generation.

她们的电影名副其实的为整整一代人展开了一个全新的世界。

When you have a bitter taste in your mouth there is a sharp sensation that figuratively bites.

当您在口中尝到苦味的时候，您会有一种强烈的、类似于被叮咬了一口的感觉。

Mr Huckabee's weakness is the worry that he may be a lightweight figuratively as well as literally.

Huckabee先生的弱点在于对他可能是个思想深度不够的人-从比喻的意义或字面上来说都是这样-的担心。

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。

I wonder how many of us figuratively have Harry Potter story Outlines written on napkins in our lives.

我在想我们中有多少人有过像把哈利·波特的故事大纲写在餐巾上那样的经历。

Thinking about things now outgrown, whether literally or figuratively, you'll want to do a bit of purging.

现在过于成熟地思考，无论是字面上还是比喻意义上，你需要做一些清理。

But if you don't and won't, then burn this post immediately (figuratively, of course) and stick to what you know.

但是如果你不这样或者不想这样，那么请马上烧了这篇文章(当然是象征性的)，做你想要坚持做的。

"Galileo", says Hawking, "was the first scientist to start using his eyes, both figuratively and literally."

“伽利略”，霍金说，“是第一个科学家开始使用他的眼睛，这不仅和随便。”

Three months ago, he was that much closer to death, and it was literally and figuratively all over his face.

三个月前，他是那么的接近死神，一切都可以从他的脸色直接体现出来。

As true as I live, he's dying for you; breaking his heart at your fickleness: not figuratively, but actually.

就跟我现在活着一样的真实，他为了你都快死啦，因为你的三心二意而心碎啦：我这不是在打比方，是实际上如此。