I saw that she was, both literally and figuratively, up against a wall.

我看到她面临一道墙--这里的“墙”既指它的本意，也指它的比喻义。

Europe, with Germany literally and figuratively at its centre, is still at the start of a remarkable transformation.

以德国为实际地理和中心的欧洲，仍然处于一场重大变革的初始阶段。

This is not an artist who, figuratively speaking, climbs into the picture.

形象地说，这不是一位爬进画里的艺术家。