With an idiom, the meaning of the group of words has a moral meaning. Like the saying, a leopard can't get rid of its spots, you can't get rid of your total body image. A hyperbole is an exageration used for effect. It's just an exageration, it doesn't have a special meaning in it. "Her brain is the size of a pea" is a perfect example.
An idiom is a figurative expression, like "it's raining cats and dogs" (it's not ACTUALLY raining cats and dogs, it's just an expression, so it's figurative), whereas hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration, like "I have a million and one things to do" or "You're so healthy, you're gonna live for a thousand years."
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An idiom cannot be understood by translating the phrase literally. "Kicked the bucket" cannot be understood to mean "died" unless you already know the idiom or have someone explain it to you.
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Hyperbole uses exaggeration to suggest the opposite of what a writer is literally saying. question…
u use an exaggeration to make it a hyperbole. the definition of a hyperbole is an exaggeration!
1.) A hyperbole is a conic section. 2.) The suspect's explanation was so far fetched that the officer was sure it was simply hyperbole.
In a metaphor you identify something with something else: Her hair was gold. In an idiom you use some words to mean something different from their literal meaning; they usually can't translate into other languages: Don't pull my leg.
It is actually an idiom.
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An analogy is a comparison between two things to highlight their similarities, while an idiom is a phrase with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation of its individual words. Analogies are used to explain complex ideas by drawing parallels, whereas idioms are expressions unique to a language or culture.
No, "blew his top" is considered an idiom.
An idiom is a phrase whose meaning is not easily deduced from the individual words used, often carrying a symbolic or cultural connotation. A descriptive phrase, on the other hand, is simply a phrase that describes something without the use of figurative language.
Yes, its an idiom because it's a saying. It might also be either a hyperbole(an exaggeration) or a metaphor(a comparison between two things without using like, as, or than).
Hyperbole is exaggeration. ( I at a million cherries)- You are exaggerating *million* Litotes is something expressed negatively.
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"Life is just a bowl of cherries" is a popular idiom that at one point was made into a song. It simply means that life is good and everything is going great!
No, feeling blue is an idiom that means feeling sad or melancholic. It is not a hyperbole, which is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
It is just an exaggerated way of saying something happens quite often - it is hyperbole, not an idiom.