In fact, no, feeling blue is not a hyperbole, it's more of a metaphor. A hyperbole is a exaggeration.
In the book "Gathering Blue," a hyperbole is an exaggeration used for emphasis or effect. One example of hyperbole in the book is when Kira describes the building as so tall it touches the sky.
An example of hyperbole in "The Fire Within" might be a description of a character feeling "a million eyes watching them" or a moment where a character's heart is described as "beating a mile a minute." Hyperbole is used to exaggerate for emphasis and effect.
"Feeling blue" IS an idiom - you cannot literally feel the color blue! Feeling blue means that you're sad.
Yes, describing a shirt as "blue as the sky" is a hyperbole because it exaggerates the blueness of the shirt to emphasize a point. The sky is often used as a symbol of vivid blue color, so comparing a shirt to it in terms of color intensity is an exaggeration.
The metaphor in "Happy" by Pharrell Williams is "Like a room without a roof," which compares happiness to a feeling of freedom and unbounded joy. The hyperbole in the song is "Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth," exaggerating the idea of happiness being a universal and undeniable feeling.
Feeling blue means you are sad or possibly depressed.
Feeling blue means you are sad or possibly depressed.
We suppose you are asking "What does feeling blue mean?" It means you are feeling sad.
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Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue was created on 2002-01-01.
Imagery: "The sun shone, and the sky was a delicate blue. The air was fresh and bracing; the clarity of the late season was associated with a bittersweet feeling, the helpless sadness of the moment at the end of a summer night." Hyperbole: "It was the most luxurious school imaginable." Simile: "Phineas, no tree ever grew that high." These examples are from the book "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles.
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