Metaphorically Speaking的意思|示意

He's speaking metaphorically about how economic forces of the past, forgotten though they might be, continue to haunt the present.

他以借喻的方式说明，过去的经济力量，无论是否可能已经被遗忘，如何在今天继续阴魂不散。

It's all or nothing for me: if I let myself eat a little chocolate (metaphorically speaking), I almost always fall back into my old chocolate-guzzling ways.

对我来说，要么是全部，要么一点儿也没有。如果我让自己吃了一点儿巧克力(打个比方)，我注定会重新回到嗜巧克力如命的老路上。

Or I am speaking metaphorically-that might also help.

或者我换一种方式说，这也有帮助。

And you thought I was speaking metaphorically.

你认为我用比喻试。

'Wall Street is a crime syndicate, and I am not speaking metaphorically,' Collum said.

科拉姆说，华尔街就是个犯罪集团，这不是打比方而是现实情况。

You're speaking metaphorically, I hope.

我希望你是在打比方。