Context 1: “Ṭawīl al-nijād” praises a tall person: kināyah, since literal strap length remains possible in principle.
Context 2: “Raʾaytu asadan yulqī khuṭbah” refers to a brave orator: a figurative use, because the person giving a sermon cannot literally be a lion.
Context 3: A merchant measuring sword equipment says “ṭawīl al-nijād”: here it may be a purely literal report about a long strap.
These examples show how intention and context distinguish an allusive reading from a purely literal one, whereas an explicit preventing clue supports a figurative transfer.