That Dory analogy is pretty apt here.

这个多莉的喻很贴切。

And I think you could make the same analogy with spending cuts as well.

为削减开支也可以这样喻。

But that is the figurative you, not the literal you.

但是这个是喻的你，不是字面的你。

For more advice on how to do similes, check out Gill's video on similes.

欲了解更多关于如何喻的建议，请浏览Gill关于喻方面的视频。

It's more of a figurative of saying it.

这更像是一种喻。

This is an example of a metaphor.

这是一个喻的例子。

The Zen simile is only one potential pitfall of figurative language.

上文这个禅语般的喻令人百思不得其解，这只是作喻容易遭遇的陷阱之一。

We can make a comparison to painting.

也许们可以拿绘画喻。

He used a swimming pool for a comparison.

他以泳池喻。

Just a slight metaphor there, just a tiny one.

这只是一个小小的喻。

Then we have a simile, this is beautiful.

这里有一个很美的喻。

In this metaphor they can cling onto the lifeboats.

在这个喻中，他们可以紧紧抓住他们的救命船。

You can refer to it like a tsunami.

你可以喻成“海啸”。

These phrasal verbs have so many different meanings, and idiomatic meanings, figurative meanings.

这些动词短语有许多不同的意义，如习语意义、喻意义。

And Phil gave me that analogy. - Yeah.

这个喻是菲尔想到的 -没错。

So, we've got personification and a simile there.

们有人格化和一个喻在里边。

She probably could have picked a better metaphor.

她可能应该学着用个更好点的喻。

He said, you know, if you - he called it like a building.

他将协议喻成一栋大楼。

A nice simile. As bright as a button.

一个很好的喻。非常聪明。

Metaphor is a powerful and wonderful tool.

喻是一种强大而奇妙的工具。