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The figure of speech is the phrase "off your hands".
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This is known as an oxymoron, which is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms for emphasis or to create a unique effect. Examples include "jumbo shrimp" and "deafening silence."
The silence was deafening.
This is a common literary technique called bad writing. If everyone dropped their books at the same time, there would not be silence. As for the technical term, "deafening silence" is an oxymoron.
This is a common literary technique called bad writing. If everyone dropped their books at the same time, there would not be silence. As for the technical term, "deafening silence" is an oxymoron.
The word "deafening" is used maliciously (it is usually a loud noise that is deafening). Thus if something someone says is greeted with a "deafening silence" what has been said has NOT been liked by the people that it was said to. - they have not given ANY audible response.
An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two words which by their very definition appear to directly contradict each other are used together. Often a seemingly contradictory adjective is used to emphasize the noun, as in "deafening silence". "Clearly confused" is an oxymoron because "confused" means to be befuddled or unclear about something, and "clear" is directly the opposite of that.
An oxymoron is an express where words of the opposite meaning are used together - a funny type of idiom. Examples: jumbo shrimp, artificial intelligence
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Well, honey, "The Silence is deafening" is a common phrase that has been used by various people over the years. It's like asking who said "the sky is blue" - it's just one of those things that people say. So, to answer your question, there isn't one specific person who said it first.
This is called an oxymoron, and is variously used for literary effect. Common examples in everyday use would be "jumbo shrimp" or "serious joke".
The figure of speech is the phrase "off your hands".