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Hyperbole Examples in Speech

 I have a hundred and one things to do today.


 This job is going to take me forever.
 She has been at the shop for an eternity.
 That man is as old as time.
 This bag weighs ten tons.
 He has been talking for a week.
 When I was pregnant, I was as big as a house.
 He never diets and now he is as heavy as an elephant.
 I almost died of embarrassment.
 I laughed so much, I nearly died.
 I’ve seen this movie a million times.
 I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse.
 When I went jogging this morning, I worked so hard, I ran a thousand
miles.
 The man was as tall as a skyscraper.
 I haven’t seen my mother since forever.
 I was dying to see the concert.
 Last summer was so hot that I was on fire.
 My husband is a bad driver, he drives everywhere with a speed of five
hundred kilometers an hour.
 My sister has a brain the size of a pea.
 His heart is as cold as ice.
 His stare was as hard as a rock.
 The big cat runs faster than the wind.
 My girlfriend has skin as soft as silk.
 I should not have done that, my mom is going to kill me.
 I cooked enough food to feed an army.
 That dress cost me a billion dollars.
 I’m so sad that I am drowning in my sorrows.
 My aunt is my guardian angel.
 I have told you no a thousand times before.
 His new sports car goes faster than the speed of light.
 He is as old as a dinosaur.
 He has an endless supply of money.

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