Example of Sentences in the Figurative Sense

The sentences figuratively are those sentences in which we use a sense that goes beyond the literal and therefore must be inferred or interpreted from different linguistic and contextual elements.

The figurative sense, then, is the one who is contrary to the literal sense. The literal meaning is the one that words have due to their lexical meaning; it is a denotative sense: it is what the words generally refer to; the realities, concepts or ideas that they name by convention. For example, the literal meaning of airplane It is an air vehicle, which has wings, an engine and different mechanisms for its operation.

The figurative sense is generated from the literal sense. Words, in addition to their lexical meaning, they acquire another meaning given by the speaker. It could be said that it is used to not say something directly or as a stylistic or playful way of expressing oneself. For example, in the sentence "Your plane is leaving," the word airplane In this context, it no longer only refers to the aerial vehicle; the complete sentence means that a person is missing something or is distracted. Let's look at some other explained examples of sentences figuratively:

• “You smell like lion”. This sentence figuratively means that a person smells bad.
• “You are in limbo”. This sentence in a figurative sense is used to express that a person is not paying attention, is scattered or distracted.
• “You are going to stay to dress saints”. This sentence in a figurative sense, common in popular speech, is used to express that a person who does not marry in time later will not be able to marry. The expression comes from the idea that in the Catholic religion the nuns and priests keep a vow of chastity.

We can commonly find sentences in a figurative sense in different manifestations of everyday or colloquial speech, such as sayings, set phrases or sayings. It is also common to find the figurative sense in literature, since many times the authors seek to make a stylistic and artistic use of the language.

190 Examples of sentences in a figurative sense:

1. Everything fits in a jar knowing how to accommodate it.
2. I'm dead tired.
3. I'm so hungry I'd eat a dog.
4. They are crazier than a goat.
5. The train is going to leave you if you don't take the opportunity.
6. The screws are loosening.
7. Not all that glitters is gold.
8. The penalties with bread are good.
9. She hit it.
10. The shot backfired.
11. The broth is going to be more expensive than the meatballs.
12. The cute although she dresses in silk, cute stays.
13. Barking dog does not bite.
14. At a bad pace it is better to hurry.
15. Shrimp that falls asleep, it carries current.
16. I'm like water for chocolate.
17. We lost the battle for a cat hair.
18. You are in everything except mass.
19. They are fighting like cats and dogs.
20. Here even the walls hear.

1. You are an ice cold person.
2. She has the agile sight and nose of a dog.
3. You look like a fish in water.
4. She is a viper.
5. My heart now belongs to you.
6. Do it! Do not be chicken
7. Your heart is made of stone.
8. The fox believes that they are all of his condition.
9. Not by much getting up early it dawns earlier.
10. You have a very soft heart.
11. She made her face look like tomato.
12. The devil knows more as an old man than as a devil.
13. They acted like vultures when they saw so much money involved.
14. The dead man and the close-up after three days suck.
15. You are stubborn as a mule.
16. I would put my hands in the fire for you.
17. He's going to have a heart attack when he sees this mess.
18. Whoever gets close to a good tree, a good shade shelters him.
19. Love enters through the eyes.
20. It's foaming at the mouth.
21. I'm so hungry I could eat a cow.
22. I slept like a thousand hours because I was very sleepy.
23. She got goose bumps.
24. You are building castles in the air.
25. He almost peed with fright.
26. She is as quiet as a mummy.
27. The edge of your words does hurt.
28. I'm between a rock and a hard place.
29. You are a person who is worth gold.
30. You are worth your weight in gold.
31. These streets are a maze.
32. You are tough as a rock.
33. You broke down seeing such a sad situation.
34. You are an open book.
35. His chest is not a cellar.
36. You're like a burning rat.
37. I am eating the urge to leave.
38. Doubt corrodes me.
39. Your head is on the moon.
40. You are dying of sleep.
41. You are the lamp of the street and the darkness of the house.
42. Are you kidding me?
43. You have a ground screw.
44. You always live in the clouds.
45. Put your feet on the ground.
46. Loose lips sink ships.
47. With the dog dead, the rage ended.
48. You can't ask for pears from the elm.
49. This car is as fast as thunder.
50. Weed never dies.
51. I'm starving.
52. Even though she dresses in cute silk, she stays.
53. Tree that grows crooked never straightens its trunk.
54. You go in like Pedro through his house.
55. A god begging and with the hammer giving.
56. My life is a Russian roulette.
57. Do not say anything; Better bite your tongue
58. Go take a look at the food to see if it's ready.
59. Your teeth are pearls.
60. Come give me a hand on this.
61. This is a den of thieves.
62. Your friendship is a treasure.
63. He breeds crows and they will gouge out your eyes.
64. A gift horse does not have a tusk.
65. Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are.
66. You are a chest full of surprises.
67. If you ask me, I would bring down the sky and the stars.
68. Your eyes are two suns that illuminate my path.
69. He is strong as an oak tree.
70. You are beasts who do not understand reasons.
71. You look like a bookworm from so much reading.
72. I feel like I've been run over.
73. You are quiet as a grave.
74. Tell me, I'm all heard.
75. Your wish is my command.
76. You are as beautiful as a goddess.
77. A talker falls sooner than a lame man.
78. The spirits of all of us are on the ground.
79. You wanted to cover the sun with just one finger.
80. They mourned the loss of their loved one.
81. You have to take the bull by the horns.
82. You shouldn't throw in the towel yet; you should keep trying.
83. This place looks like a mousetrap from how small it is.
84. Do not judge a book by its cover.
85. You are drowning in a glass of water.
86. Don't lose your way.
87. I am just in the prime of my youth.
88. If you don't get married soon, you're going to end up wearing saints.
89. Secrets are from the devil.
90. It looks like you've seen a dead man.
91. We work from sunrise to sunset.
92. You love that people die for you.
93. Her boyfriend cheated on her with someone else.
94. They saw your face and you didn't realize it.
95. I break my back every day working.
96. The fish dies by mouth.
97. Silence is consent.
98. An image says more than a thousand words.
99. It's raining heavily.
100. You are slow as a turtle.
101. You are like a lone wolf.
102. I need you like the air that I breathe.
103. They look like angry dogs fighting.
104. They gave you a pig for a hare.
105. She is raining heavily.
106. If you leave my side I will die.
107. Your words were blown away by the wind.
108. I told you something and she entered you through one ear and left you through the other.
109. You swallowed all his lies.
110. You're eating like crazy.
111. You are going to die from the mouth.
112. Not even the shoes fit.
113. Life is not always rosy; sometimes it can be dark too.
114. Her eyes were dark.
115. She was staring into space, staring blankly.
116. She defends her children as if she were a lioness.
117. Don't be a sheep that goes after the herd.
118. He who is a good rooster in any hen house sings.
119. From love to hate there is only one step.
120. The man hung up his tennis shoes after being run over.
121. Are you listening to me or are you giving me the plane?
122. Do not heat the water if you are not going to bathe.
123. They have already passed away.
124. Think wrong and be right.
125. Do not go without guarache.
126. You are colder than an iceberg.
127. They ate your errand.
128. Don't walk backwards like crabs.
129. You are so in love that it seems that you are haunted.
130. His life is like a comedy.
131. You live all the time in my mind and in my heart.
132. After she told the joke they all burst out laughing.
133. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
134. You are enslaved by money.
135. He still hasn't been able to digest the bad news.
136. She won everyone's hearts with the poignant words that she spoke.
137. That movie scared me to death.
138. You're lying there like a sack of potatoes.
139. Your plane is leaving.
140. This intense heat is suffocating me.
141. Who walks with wolves is taught to howl.
142. Your soul is lost.
143. Everything that goes up has to go down.
144. You are the master of what you keep silent and the slave of what you say.
145. Don't worry, there are no moors on the coast.
146. I intend to steal your heart.
147. You can tell me your secrets because I am a sealed envelope.
148. I want to taste the honey that hides on your lips.
149. Sooner or later all your efforts will pay off.
150. That woman has the body of a pear.
151. Do not throw to the floor or trample my feelings.
152. In the blink of an eye it was all over.
153. I lost myself in your gaze and navigated your beautiful features.
154. I'll be there sooner than a rooster crows.
155. Her feet smell like cheese.
156. He thinks that he is in love because when he sees him he feels butterflies in his stomach.
157. You are the owner of my thoughts and feelings.
158. They offer you their hand and you pull their foot.
159. You live only on illusions and ideals.
160. I'm dry; I need something to drink
161. You are a sea of ​​anguish and sorrow.
162. I put all my illusions in the drawer.
163. They do not dare to come out of the closet.
164. When I see you I feel like my heart is going to explode.
165. You shouldn't have provoked his anger; now you are a dead man.
166. This place is an anthill of people.
167. You have always had the soul of an adventurer.
168. It is your decision whether you see the glass half full or half empty.
169. You must empty your mind of those thoughts.
170. You have cat eyes.