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The figure of speech is the phrase "off your hands".
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figure of speech according to categories
figure of speech is a kind of a style. the credit of this is point of figure.
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The figure of speech is the phrase "off your hands".
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The phrase "on the fence" is an example of an idiom, specifically one that is used to describe someone who is undecided or uncommitted about a particular issue or decision.
Figure of speech is the use of word or phrase to interpret a certain idea. The second figure of speech means, continuing the same sentence or making a comparison with the idea in the previous sentence.
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A figure of speech is a word or phrase that goes beyond its literal meaning. Eight examples of figures of speech include simile, metaphor, hyperbole, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, irony, and sarcasm.
'To figure out' is a verbal phrase - that is, a phrase that works like a verb.Eg. He solvedthe problem.He figured out the problem.Other examples of verbal phrases are: to wake up, to come across.
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
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A part of speech -- there are eight -- defines the classification of a word.For example, run is a verb, house is a noun and so forth.A figure of speech is a phrase used for emphasis which is not real.For example, 'you eat like a horse' doesn't mean that the person eats standing on all fours with chin in trough munching on oats. That figure of speech means that the person consumes more than average amounts of food.So a figure of speech is not a part of speech in the sense implied by your question.Another answer:'Figure of speech' is a noun phrase.