"hours on end" is just a melodramatic way of saying a long time. Melodramtic is exactly the word I was looking for when all I could come up with was hyperbole . Thanks!

Agreed, it's hyperbole. It seems to be similar to a shoe size, which if you wear a size 13 shoe, you are likely to be over 6ft (2 meters) tall.

It is just jocular hyperbole. 'He flinches violently'.

I understand that it is a hyperbole, but I want to know if it is grammatically correct. Is the expression itself, "... in forever" grammatically correct. I am assuming it is, considering the word "forever" can be a noun, but

Hello Anon, 1. I haven't seen you in forever. I would take this as a jocular variant of: 2. I haven't seen you in an age . For "an age", which is already hyperbolic, the speaker substitutes "forever", which piles hyperbole

That is my understanding. It could be a bit of hyperbole - her life as it exists could be because of him. She might be actually alive without him, but not living the life she is living. However, without context, I'd assume she

Inspirational is a typical hyperbole on the word inspiring . Someone who inspires can be said to be inspiring as is that person's work. It is typical exageration that is a common to the ill-informed or lazy English speakers, trying to impress.

I think it is just hyperbole. Having a sub-zero vocabulary is an exaggerated way of saying a very small vocabulary indeed. No hits probably because it was a coined jocularity here. ... or maybe 'sub-zero' IS the vocabulary item?

It helps a lot when the entire quote is posted, not just a snippet! This snippet cannot be properly parsed on its own. Lament here is a verb(not a noun), and its subject is "investigators." ament means to bemoan, or cry in sorrow. The

What is the type of figurative language of "A weight is lifted". As in a hyperbole, idiom, paradox, oxymoron, ect.. I would like to KNow thank you.