Both Uses of
figure of speech
in
The Fountainhead
- That's quite en passant—merely a convenient figure of speech—nothing personal at all.†
Chpt 2.8 *
- Might be only a figure of speech.†
Chpt 4.7
Definition:
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(figure of speech) language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense; e.g., metaphors, similes, and hyperbole