Figure of speech (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">figure of speech</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(metaphor is a kind of figure of speech)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for metaphor that I've seen before include "Figure of speech - allegory" , "Figure of speech that directly indicates a likeness" , "Analogy" , "7/16 [FIGURE OF SPEECH]" , "That's not to be taken literally" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">figure of speech</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(trope can mean a figure of speech)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for trope that I've seen before include "Recurrent theme, motif" , "figuratively speaking" , "Figure of speech - or pet (anag)" , "Word or expression used in a figurative way" , "Figurative use of a word or expression; motif" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">figure of speech</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for idiom that I've seen before include "Characteristic style of a period" , "Form or variety of language" , "Distinctive expression" , "Eg, over the moon" , "Peculiarity of phrase in a language" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">figure of speech</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(simile is a kind of figure of speech)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for simile that I've seen before include "as happy as Larry?" , "Figure of speech used in making comparisons" , "Basic figure of speech, makes comparison" , "Figure of speech making simple comparison" , "Figure of speech expressing resemblance between different things" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">figure of speech?</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for orator that I've seen before include "Rhetorician" , "To roar at a speech-maker" , "Eloquent public speaker" , "A fluent public speaker" , "He lectures" .)