it is not actually true in a literal sense:

I literally jumped out of my skin.

Literary; adjective.
1 connected with literature:
literary criticism/theory.
2 (of a language or style of writing) suitable for or
typical of a work of literature:
It was Chaucer who really turned English into a literary
language.
3 liking literatures very much; studying or writing
literature:
a literary man.
literary agent; noun.
a person whose job is to represent authors and
persuade companies to publish their work.
Literate; adjective.
able to read and write.
Opposite; illiterate.
Literati; the literati.
Noun;
(formal) educated and intelligent people who enjoy
literature.
Literature; noun.
1 pieces of writing that are valued as works of art,
especially novels, plays and poems (in contrast to
technical books and newspapers, magazines, etc.)
French literature.
great works of literature.
2 (on something) pieces of writing or printed
information on a particular subject:
I've read all the available literature on keeping rabbits.
sales literature.
Lithe; adjective.
(Of a person or their body) moving or bending easily,
in a way that is elegant.
Lithely; adverb.
Lithium; noun.
a chemical element. Lithium is a soft, very light, silver-
white metal used in batteries and ALLOYS.
Lithograph; noun.
a picture printed by lithography.
Lithography; noun.
(Also, informal litho)
the process of printing from a smooth surface, for
example a metal plate, that has been specially
prepared so that ink only sticks to the design to be
printed.
Lithographic; adjective.
Lithology; noun.
the study of the general physical characteristics of
rocks.
Lithosphere; noun.
(geology) the layer of rock that forms the outer part of
the earth.
Litigant; noun.
(law) a person who is making or defending a claim in
court.
Litigate; verb.
(something) (law) to take a claim or disagreement to
court.
Litigator; noun.
Litigation; noun.
(law) the process of making or defending a claim in
court:
The company has been in litigation with its previous
auditors for a full year.
Litigious; adjective.
(Formal, disapproving) too ready to take
disagreements to court.
Litigiousness; noun.
Litmus; noun.
a substance that turns red when it touches an acid and
blue when it touches an ALKALI:
litmus paper.
litmus test; noun.
1 = ACID TEST:
The outcome will be seen as a litmus test of
government concern for conservation issues.
2 a test using litmus.
Litotes; noun.
(technical) the use of a negative or weak statement to
emphasize a positive meaning, for example he wasn't
slow to accept the offer (= he was quick to accept the
offer).
Liter; (especially US liter) noun.
a unit for measuring volume, equal to 1.76 British pints
or 2.11 American pints:
3 litres of water.
a litre bottle of wine.
a car with a 3.5 litre engine.
Litter; noun, verb.
Noun;
1 small pieces of rubbish/garbage such as paper, cam
and bottles, that people have left lying in a public
place:
There will be fines for people who drop litter.
2 of something;
a number of things that are lying in an untidy way:
 The floor was covered with a litter of newspapers,
clothes and empty cups.
3 a dry substance that is put in a shallow open box for
pets, especially cats, to use as a toilet when they are
indoors:
cat litter.
litter tray.
litter box.
4 a number of baby animals that one mother gives
birth to at the same time:
litter of puppies.
the runt (= the smallest and weakest baby) of the litter.
5 the substance, especially STRAW, that is used for
farm animals to sleep on.
6 a kind of chair or bed that was used in the past for
carrying important people.
Verb;
1 something;
to be spread around a place, making it look untidy:
Piles of books and newspapers littered the floor.
Broken glass littered the streets.
2 [usually passive] (something) (with something) to
leave things in a place, making it look untidy:
The floor was littered with papers.
He was arrested for littering.
3 be littered with something;
to contain or involve a lot of a particular type of thing,
usually something bad:
Your essay is littered with spelling mistakes.
litter bin; (trash can) noun.
a container for people to put rubbish/garbage in, in
the street or in a public building.