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What the underlined figure of speech mean?
could eat a horse
What does the figure of speech is for the birds mean?
not worth consideration; unimportant:
What figure of speech is this expression and what does it mean 'the beautiful angel'?
Hyperbole
What do people mean by a cakewalk?
A cakewalk is a figure of speech, it means that something is going to be easy, if I am not mistaken.
What does the expression The horse has left the barn mean?
It's a figure of speech meaning that it is too late for something.
what are the figure of speech?
It mean you do not mean it
What does the idiom 'took the floor' mean?
It means you stood up and started giving a speech.
What does it mean Time stood still?
Madonna song
What the underlined figure of speech mean?
could eat a horse
What does the figure of speech is for the birds mean?
not worth consideration; unimportant:
What figure of speech is this expression and what does it mean 'the beautiful angel'?
Hyperbole
What does utter rubbish mean?
It is generally used as a figure of speech to mean that what is being said is nonsense.
What does fiqurative mean?
of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal
What does the figure of speech eating crow mean?
This figure of speech means that the person was proved wrong. This is true especially if the person in question was bragging, and proved wrong by someone else.
What part of speech is figure?
A part of speech -- there are eight -- defines the classification of a word.For example, run is a verb, house is a noun and so forth.A figure of speech is a phrase used for emphasis which is not real.For example, 'you eat like a horse' doesn't mean that the person eats standing on all fours with chin in trough munching on oats. That figure of speech means that the person consumes more than average amounts of food.So a figure of speech is not a part of speech in the sense implied by your question.Another answer:'Figure of speech' is a noun phrase.
What does the expression time stood still mean?
"Time stood still" refers to that sensation you have when you're very excited or very scared -- everything seems to move in slow motion and time seems to stop.
What does the figure of speech the world's mine oyster mean?
It means that the world has endless possibilities.
