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figure of speech (pluralfigures of speech)

(rhetoric, stylistic) A word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use to produce a rhetorical effect.
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(loosely) Aturn of phrase that ought not to be taken literally, but rather as employed for convenience of expression only.
I hope you didn't take it the wrong way, that was afigure of speech.

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rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard

Belarusian:фігу́ра маўле́ння f(fihúra maŭljénnja),
Czech:řečnická figura (cs) f
Dutch:stijlfiguur (nl) m
Finnish:kielikuva (fi)
French:figure de style (fr) f,figure de rhétorique (fr) f
Galician:figura retórica f
German:Redefigur f,rhetorisches Stilmittel n
Greek:σχήμα λόγου (el) n(schíma lógou)
Italian:figura retorica (it) f
Macedonian:сти́лска фигу́ра f(stílska figúra)
Malay:bunga bahasa(literally“flowers of language”)
Maori:kīpeha
Ottoman Turkish:كنایه(kinâye)
Portuguese:figura de linguagem (pt)
Romanian:figură de stil (ro) f
Russian:фигу́ра ре́чи (ru) f(figúra réči),ритори́ческая фигу́ра (ru) f(ritoríčeskaja figúra)
Spanish:figura retórica (es) f
Swedish:stilfigur (sv) c
Ukrainian:фігу́ра мо́ви f(fihúra móvy),

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Chinese:
Mandarin:^{(pleaseverify)}修辞 (zh)(xiūcí)
Danish:^{(pleaseverify)}talemåde c
Ancient Greek:^(please verify)λόγου χάρις(lógou kháris)
Hungarian:^{(pleaseverify)}szókép (hu),szófordulat (hu),beszédfordulat (hu),képes beszéd,(informal)szólás (hu),szólásmondás (hu)
Japanese:^{(pleaseverify)}言葉のあや(kotoba no aya),修辞 (ja)(しゅうじ, shūji),文彩 (ja)(ぶんさい, bunsai),あや (ja)(aya)
Korean:^{(pleaseverify)}비유적 표현(比喩的表現)(biyujeok pyohyeon)
Latin:^{(pleaseverify)}figūra ēlocūtiōnis f,^(please verify)schēma logū n
Mongolian:
Cyrillic:^(please verify)зүйрлэл (mn)(züjrlel)
Persian:^{(pleaseverify)}آرایهٔ ادبی(ârâye-ye adabi)
Russian:^{(pleaseverify)}оборо́т ре́чи (ru) m(oborót réči)
Swedish:^(please verify)talesätt (sv) n
Tagalog:^(please verify)tayutay
Thai:^{(pleaseverify)}ภาพพจน์(pâap-pót)
Vietnamese:^{(pleaseverify)}hình thái tu từ

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