an or a hyperbole - WordReference Forums
2015年1月13日 · In fact, there's actually just one, but people sometimes make it much harder than it really is: Consonant sounds get a, vowel sounds get an. 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.
I'm freezing - metaphor or hyperbole or both? - WordReference …
2010年12月16日 · South of England, UK. British English. Dec 16, 2010. #5. catlady60 said: "I'm freezing" is hyperbole which means, "I'm very cold." Yes but she doesn't say "I'm freezing" she says "it" is freezing. I believe that without further context we cannot tell whether there is a metaphor. When she says "It is freezing."
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 or that depicts the impossible as actual (as "mile-high ice-cream cones") -- opposed to litotes
Definition of "hyperbole" - WordReference Forums
2020年12月6日 · hy•per•bo•le (hī pûr ′ bə lē), n. [Rhet.] Rhetoric; obvious and intentional exaggeration. Rhetoric; an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as "to wait an eternity.''. Cf. litotes. There is obviously much overlap between the two - degree of "accuracy" will depend on the context.
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.
Mouth on the floor | WordReference Forums
2013年7月31日 · My guess is that "mouths were on the floor" means "People (at home) were very surprised that they'd escaped." More common ways to phrase this idiom are "Jaws were on the floor" or "Their jaws dropped to the floor," both of which are hyperbole that mean their mouths were opened so wide in surprise that their jaws were on the floor. M.
Long and short adjectives... - WordReference Forums
Jul 5, 2007. #2. Well apparently, chubby, chubbier and chubbiest are ok, because although the adjective has 2 syllables, it ends in "y". the rule is, if the adjective is 1 syllable, or 2 syllables ending in "y" then you use it like a short adjective. otherwise it´s a long one. but there ARE some exceptions: Stupid -> stupider -> stupidest is ...
"there's a steel knife in my windpipe" - WordReference Forums
Nov 4, 2014. #3. "there's a steel knife in my windpipe" is a metaphor, describing the imagined feeling of a knife in your windpipe as a metaphor for the actual feeling in your windpipe. To say "it was like having/as If I had/the same as a steel knife in my windpipe." would be a simile, because it directly comparative and uses the word like/as ...
Batting a thousand - WordReference Forums
Apr 7, 2022. #2. To me it’s used as a hyperbole. In a positive way it means you’re succeeding again and again. Way to go! But very, very often it’s used ironically to mean you’re/I’m missing every shot, getting one thing after another wrong. Last edited by a moderator: Apr 8, 2022.
Coughing lungs out meaning? | WordReference Forums
Mar 1, 2013. #2. A sentence would be really helpful here - you should always give us a complete sentence if at all possible. But what "coughing your/my/our lungs out" usually means is "coughing extraordinarily hard." It's hyperbole - the person doesn't literally cough his lungs out, but he coughs very hard.