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A comment on New podcast analyzing every minute of Star Wars, individually. Parent comment
"A figure of speech is the use of a word or a phrase, which ascend from its literal interpretation."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_speech
I think the comment author was just trying to emphasize they were trying to be thorough, a bit like when police say they will search an area with a fine-toothed comb. No reasonable person expects the police to use actual combs.
"A figure of speech is the use of a word or a phrase, which ascend from its literal interpretation."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_speech
I think the comment author was just trying to emphasize they were trying to be thorough, a bit like when police say they will search an area with a fine-toothed comb. No reasonable person expects the police to use actual combs.