A figure of speech is a word or phrase that means something ...
A figure of speech is a word or phrase that means something more or something other than it seems to say - the opposite of a literal expression. (By Richard Nordquist/ updated on May 30, 2019).
" The flames creep, flap, leap, swing, and flare." (Goldind, "Lord of the Flies", chapter 2). In the emphasized extract of Lord of the Flies, there is: