It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness, while white represents light. However, it is not known whether they are speaking figuratively or literally. She is unable to reach Edward before he exposes himself, figuratively and literally. "OutreMer" is an ancient word for things that are beyond - figuratively and literally. This punishment is specifically a kind of "death", literally or figuratively. Howl is not naturally handsome, but has "charm", both literally and figuratively. Consequently, there is a continuum from strictly literal and not-quite-literal to figuratively used utterances. The name literally means "opening the border" and figuratively "hidden" and "vengeance". China was figuratively and in some parts literally, lying in ruins. The title shows in the story figuratively and literally. The Silurian fossil record of the placoderms is both literally and figuratively fragmented. The Greek word "tropos" indicates a turn, physically or figuratively. It was derived from an Aleut-language idiom, which figuratively refers to the mainland. Both islands stand out in the new land, physically and figuratively. She would lie for him, kill for him [figuratively speaking].