figuratively speaking

She is, figuratively speaking, holding a gun to his head.

打个比方说，她正拿枪对着他的脑袋。

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Figuratively speaking, China's cartoon industry focuses on the implementation of" grasping both ends, with the middle, three-dimensional", as follows.

形象地说，我国的动漫产业发展的实施重点是“抓两头、带中间、立体化”，具体如下。

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WarriorLet's face it: software testers are constantly in a state of warfare, figuratively speaking.

战士让我们来面对现实：打比方说，软件测试人员经常处于作战状态。

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And so it is, figuratively speaking, with tax policy and the fiscal cliff.

税收政策和财政悬崖仿佛也是如此。

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Figuratively speaking, he's a giant among men.

打个比方说吧，他是人中的泰斗。

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I laughed until I nearly died, figuratively speaking, of course.

我差点笑死了，这当然是比喻性的说法。

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Employees will be, figuratively speaking, in the driver's seat.

打个比方,雇员将会坐在驾驶座上, 即取得主动权.

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Figuratively speaking, if a bank has poor liquidity, then it is likely that they will be in the intensive care ward;

形象地说，如果银行的流动性不佳，那么就可能被关进重病护理病房；

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Now it's the world that's locked out, figuratively speaking, as much as the conclave will take place behind closed doors and begins with a morning mass in St.Peter's basilica.

现在形象地说是锁着的世界，秘会一样将闭门进行，在早晨圣彼得大教堂大殿大会中开始。

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