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2015年1月13日 · That's it - that's the entire rule. The only reason hyperbole is questionable at all is that "h" can be kind of tricky since in some words it's pronounced and in others it's silent. It's …
I'm freezing - metaphor or hyperbole or both?
2010年12月16日 · B's case is that a metaphor uses a figure from one field to elucidate another. When the figure is from the same field, it's hyperbole, so being freezing isn't a metaphor for …
Hyperbole - more than just exaggeration? - WordReference Forums
2010年7月26日 · Here's a definition from MW for hyperbole: : extravagant exaggeration that represents something as much greater or less, better or worse, or more intense than it really is …
Definition of "hyperbole" - WordReference Forums
2020年12月6日 · a way of speaking or writing that makes someone or something sound much bigger, better, smaller, worse, more unusual, etc., than they are: Although he’s not given to …
He’s not usually given to hyperbole. | WordReference Forums
2016年3月3日 · in the example sentence for hyperbole in Oxford learners dictionary . Thanks for the answers in advance. A.
I've died a million times for you | WordReference Forums
2016年4月29日 · When he says "I've died a million times for you" does he mean that he "felt bad because of you"? Or maybe "die for" does mean "strongly wished for"? (you're dying for a cup …
Absolutely delicious Vs. Very delicious - WordReference Forums
2013年8月22日 · Hyperbole and over-the-top description are overwhelmingly common in English. So the rules about gradability are broken every day, everywhere, by almost every speaker of …
Her pants are so tight I can see her religion
2018年6月18日 · Good joke, Keith and I agree with the conclusion that the speaker didn't get the reference. It's an even odder thing for an American to say, since circumcision was and is …
saying something obviously untrue for humours effect
2021年9月6日 · I wonder if it's "playing to the gallery" - in the days of the British music halls, c1880-1920, popular entertainers would say deliberately absurd or ridiculous things to the …
Mors certa, hora incerta | WordReference Forums
2014年10月20日 · Vergewaltigung is of course an abominable crime, but it is within the measure of rhetoric to use such hyperbole sometimes. Mr Schaerer needs not to apologise so …