Both Uses
figure of speech
in
The Fountainhead
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- That's quite en passant—merely a convenient figure of speech—nothing personal at all.†
Chpt 2.8 *figure of speech = a nonliteral expression used for effect
- Might be only a figure of speech.†
Chpt 4.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(figure of speech) language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense -- such as metaphors, similes, and hyperbole
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)