Figure of speech

Quero dizer, modo de dizer.

— Breaking Bad S2E8

It's a figure of speech, Detective Stupid-ago.

— Brooklyn Nine-Nine S3E4

That's just a figure of speech, by the way.

— Cars

It's a figure of speech.

— Euphoria S1E4

It was a figure of speech.

— Gossip Girl S6E2

A figure of speech which...

— Grey's Anatomy S8E22

oh, i thought that was a figure of speech--100 push-ups, like do a bazillion push-ups.

— How I Met Your Mother S3E10

It's a figure of speech, you idiot.

— New Girl S2E22