And you thought I was speaking metaphorically .

你认为我是在打比喻。

Make dirty or spotty ; also used metaphorically .

变灰暗或有斑点；也用作隐喻性的。

Metaphorically speaking , we 're all wheels in a big machine .

打个比方说吧，我们都是一部大机器时里的小齿轮。

I 'm merely speaking metaphorically .

我这只是一种比喻的说法罢了。

Another is that glasgow , for all its charms , is sick-and not metaphorically .

另一个不是地方是这里是病态的格拉斯哥（不是比喻意）。