trope
figure of speech
figure , *****
image *****

At least it used to be an interesting figure of speech.

Or it may be a figure of speech for thinking a great deal about death.

He had always thought it was a figure of speech.

"She told me that was just a figure of speech."

"Which I guess is no longer just a figure of speech."

Never heard that figure of speech before, but I will remember it now.

He had started to say so, but that was a figure of speech.

I was just using that as a figure of speech, so sorry.

Then she said that was only a figure of speech.

He had considered that too to be a figure of speech.