Sentences with phrase «whatever figure of speech»

«That Republican wave that's said to be sweeping the country runs into a levee — a dam, a blockade, whatever figure of speech you like — at the New York border probably because of Carl Paladino's foot - in - mouth disease,» Quinnipiac University Polling Institute Director Maurice Carroll said in a statement announcing the results.

«That Republican wave that's said to be sweeping the country runs into a levee — a dam, a blockade, whatever figure of speech you like — at the New York border probably because of Carl Paladino's foot - in - mouth disease.

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They are called «parables» or «point of view of the author» or «poetic and literary license» or «cultural accommodation» or «figures of speech» or «prophetic imagery» or whatever the preferred terminology might be.

«Most importantly, going by the APC government's use of the so - called anti-corruption fight to harass, intimidate, arrest and detain opposition figures, there is no doubt that categorising whatever is termed as a hate speech as an act of terrorism is unconstitutional and an attempt to gag Nigerians, especially the press.