| 31. | I used to think that was a figure of speech.
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| 32. | The group's name has given rise to no end of watery figures of speech.
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| 33. | Idioms are a common type of figure of speech.
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| 34. | But let's see what a great rewriter once did with that same figure of speech:
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| 35. | And if you understand the substance behind that figure of speech, you know he's right.
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| 36. | :This is more like a figure of speech argument.
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| 37. | It is an idiom, or a figure of speech, as well as a gambling term.
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| 38. | 1986 : " Take him to school " is an NBA player's figure of speech.
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| 39. | During the two-week trial, O'Connor testified his statements were a " figure of speech ."
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| 40. | Fancy figures of speech are lobbed back and forth in fierce, competitive volleys of insults.
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