<entry id="2224342" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
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<k_ele>
<keb>例えに言う</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>たとえに言う</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>たとえにいう</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v5u;</pos>
<gloss>to speak metaphorically</gloss>
<gloss>to use a figure of speech</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2011-12-02 11:40:49" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Nils Roland Barth</upd_name>
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<upd_detl>There are various phrases of the form たとえいう◯◯ 
(e.g., 〜ように、〜とおり etc.) – rather than adding all (or at least for now), just adding this base one from which the others are pretty clear.
(Specifically, this is *not* like 例えば – it’s a saying/metaphor, not an *example*.)</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5 「たとえ」</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2011-12-04 11:06:15" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
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<upd_detl>The latter 2 glosses would be たとえに言うように</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5: たとえに言うように as the proverb says; as the saying goes</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -4,0 +4,3 @@
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;例えに言う&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
@@ -14,2 +17,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;speaking metaphorically&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;as a saying&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-03-11 02:51:27" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
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<upd_diff>@@ -16,0 +17 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;to use a figure of speech&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-03-11 06:06:13" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>