Englisch-Dänisch Übersetzung für figurative

overførtBåde i ordets bogstavelige forstand og mere overført. In both the direct sense of the word, and figuratively. Hooliganisme har bogstaveligt og i overført betydning overskredet alle grænser. Hooliganism has transcended all borders, both literally and figuratively speaking. Derved står hun i overført betydning selv med én fod i fængslet. In so doing, she does in fact already have one foot in prison, figuratively speaking.
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Of use as a metaphor, simile, or metonym, as opposed to literal; using figures; as when saying that someone who eats more than they should is a pig or like a pig
Metaphorically so called
Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative
representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to

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