That's all but it's no mere figure of speech though one can make figures enough about it in his poetry very often].

他说的就是这些，不只是语言,虽然人可以说很多这样的话,经常在他的诗歌中这样。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Well, we all think accomplishment's important, but it's not as though any old accomplishment is important.

我们都认为成就是很重要的，但不是所有旧的成就都是重要的。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Yes, the crisis started here in the United States, though it wasn't a crisis whose origins or entirely limited to US banks, but it's all over it. -right.

对，这场危机是在美国开始的，尽管危机的源头,或者说危机并不仅限于美国银行，但是和我们国家有很大关系，-对。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选