figure of speech

noun [C] (plural figures of speech)

Translation

› words that are used together in an imaginative way to mean something different from their usual meaning

benzetme, yan anlamalı söz, mecaz

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(Definition of figure of speech noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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