The Only Use of
figure of speech
in
David Copperfield
- 'The friendliness of this gentleman,' said Mr. Micawber to my aunt, 'if you will allow me, ma'am, to cull a figure of speech from the vocabulary of our coarser national sports — floors me.†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(figure of speech) language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense; e.g., metaphors, similes, and hyperbole