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Bookmark or Share- an or a hyperbole | WordReference ForumsThat'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 never silent in hyperbole, though, at least not as far as I've ever heard, so it is a hyperbole. What Rep. Jordon is doing here is what is often known as "over ...
- twist yourself into a pretzel | WordReference ForumsA girl broke up with her boyfriend who is a singer and a friend of hers comforts her: Girl: I've never missed one of his shows before. Friend: Come on, you twisted yourself into a pretzel supporting that guy. You dumped him because he didn't repay the favor. (Nashville) What does he mean by...
- I'm freezing - metaphor or hyperbole or both?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 being very cold; it's a hyperbolical use of a figure - exaggerating the degree to which one is cold.
- the sky was black and close [hyperbole?] - WordReference ForumsI don’t think I’d call that phrase hyperbole (exaggeration), or even read it as a metaphor for depression. The whole story seems to be written in a rather flowery literary style, so I’d take it as simply an imaginative description, in tune with the overall mood.
- saying something obviously untrue for humours effectI 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 audience, knowing and expecting that the audience would react in a certain way - no surprises in any direction, and the whole exchange infallibly predictable.
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