FIG LANG Easy 1 - Choose
I've told you a million times to put your clothes away!
METAPHOR - SIMILE - IDIOM - HYPERBOLE -PERSONIFICATION
HYPERBOLE
An INDIRECT comparison made between two things that are essentially NOT the same/similar.
SIMILE
"Beating around the bush."
When someone avoids getting directly to the task/matter at hand
Hit the sack
Go to bed
Believe what people do and not what they say
Actions speak louder than words
His words cut like a knife.
METAPHOR - SIMILE - IDIOM - HYPERBOLE -PERSONIFICATION
SIMILE (req.) - may add IDIOM w/o penalty
Applying human characteristics/behaviors to non-human things
PERSONIFICATION
Go back to the drawing board
Start over
Pull someone's leg
Just barely achieved/accomplished
By the skin of my teeth
The desk often trips unsuspecting people.
METAPHOR - SIMILE - IDIOM - HYPERBOLE -PERSONIFICATION
PERSONIFICATION
A saying that is commonly understand to have meaning BUT whose meaning does not match the literal words used
IDIOM
"Break a leg!"
A wish of Good Luck or the same as Do Well!
That's the last straw
I have now run out of patience
When something is very expensive
It costs an arm and a leg
The wind howled like a long lost wolf.
METAPHOR - SIMILE - IDIOM - HYPERBOLE -PERSONIFICATION
SIMILE (req) - PERSONIFICATION accepted as an add-on BUT not in place of Simile
Exaggeration that is used most commonly for the sake of humor (not meant as a lie)
HYPERBOLE
Cut me some slack.
Give me some forgiveness; don't be so critical
Wrap your head around something
To have finally understood something that seemed complicated/difficult
Don't count on something good happening until it's happened.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
You are the sunshine of my existence.
METAPHOR - SIMILE - IDIOM - HYPERBOLE -PERSONIFICATION
METAPHOR (req) Idiom accepted as an add-on
To make a direct comparison between two dissimilar things in order to make a point (based on figurative interpretation)
METAPHOR
It's not rocket science
It's not difficult/complicated
Barking up the wrong tree
Looking in the wrong place for an answer/solution
There's no reason to complain about something that can't be fixed
Don't cry over spilt milk