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50 Hyperbole Examples

The document lists 50 examples of hyperbole, which are exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally. These figures of speech emphasize feelings or situations in a humorous or dramatic way. Common themes include extreme hunger, time, weight, and emotions.

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50 Hyperbole Examples

The document lists 50 examples of hyperbole, which are exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally. These figures of speech emphasize feelings or situations in a humorous or dramatic way. Common themes include extreme hunger, time, weight, and emotions.

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50 HYPERBOLE EXAMPLES | FIGURES OF SPEECH

1. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.


2. I’ve told you a million times.
3. This bag weighs a ton.
4. He’s older than the hills.
5. It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets.
6. I cried a river.
7. She runs faster than the wind.
8. That test took forever.
9. I'm dying of laughter.
10. It’s going to take me an eternity to finish this.
11. My phone rang off the hook.
12. I nearly jumped out of my skin.
13. He has a brain the size of a pea.
14. This is the worst day of my life.
15. You could have knocked me over with a feather.
16. She’s as light as a feather.
17. I haven’t slept in a century.
18. He talks a mile a minute.
19. I waited in line for a thousand years.
20. Her smile was a mile wide.
21. That joke is so old, the dinosaurs heard it first.
22. He eats like a horse.
23. I'm buried in paperwork.
24. She’s drowning in debt.
25. I was shaking like a leaf.
26. His temper is nuclear.
27. It cost me an arm and a leg.
28. My backpack is killing me.
29. Her voice could shatter glass.
30. He’s got nerves of steel.
31. I have a ton of homework.
32. I’ve been working like a dog.
33. The house was a zoo.
34. He’s a walking encyclopedia.
35. She could hear a pin drop from a mile away.
36. I’m as thirsty as a camel.
37. This is the best thing ever!
38. She cried her eyes out.
39. My heart is going to explode.
40. That movie was a total snoozefest — I aged ten years.
41. He’s strong enough to lift a mountain.
42. I’m frozen solid.
43. It’s raining cats and dogs.
44. This book is never-ending.
45. He has a photographic memory — he 46. remembers everything.
46. I could sleep for a week.
47. That song is stuck in my head forever.
48. My brain is fried.
49. You’re the best person in the entire universe.
50. This meeting is dragging on forever.

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