The Zen simile is only one potential pitfall of figurative language.

上文这个禅语般的比喻令人百思不得其解，这只是作比喻容易遭遇的陷阱之一。

You could argue that it's really just another kind of figurative language.

你可以把它想成是另外—种比喻。

Figurative language says one thing but means another.

比喻语言说的是一回事，但意味着另一回事。

The use of simile and other figurative language is one of the chief delights of fiction—reading it and writing it, as well.

使用明喻及其他比喻语言是小说最主要的乐趣之一。读写皆然。

Not bears, sorry, but non-literal uses of language, which we call figurative language or figures of speech.

抱歉，不是熊，而是非字面语言的使用，我们称之为比喻语言或修辞格。

I wanna talk about today isn't exactly figurative language, it's the language of allusions and references.

我今天要讲的不完全是比喻性的语言，而是典故和引用的语言。

But because I’m not using particularly compelling or original figurative language, my friend may struggle to empathize with me, and this is my BEST FRIEND in the entire world.

但因为我不是用平日用的图像语言，我的朋友可能会在同情我这事上挣扎，而他是我世上最好的朋友！

The expression of his eye contradicted his figurative and boastful language, while every muscle in his wrinkled visage was working with anguish.

他眼中的表情与他比喻和自夸的语言相矛盾，而他布满皱纹的脸上的每一块肌肉都在痛苦地工作。

Although this does not sound like a particularly rich image, a metaphor can communicate so much about a particular image that poets use them more than any other type of figurative language.

虽然这个隐喻听起来并不是特别生动，但是隐喻可以充分传递某个特定意象的信息，因此，成为最受诗人们青睐的修辞手法。

Though the figurative language of David was not very intelligible, the sincere and steady expression of his eye, and the glow of his honest countenance, were not easily mistaken.

大卫比喻的语言虽然不是很明白，但是那眼神的真诚和沉稳，以及他那憨厚的面庞上的光彩，是不容易被人误会的。