Hyperebole

Hyperbole Examples for Children

• It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets.
• I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
• I had a ton of chores to do.
• If I can’t get a Smartphone, I will die.
• She is as thin as a toothpick.
• This car goes faster than the speed of light.
• Our new house cost a bazillion dollars.
• We are poor and don’t have two cents to rub together.
• The car is as fast as greased lightning.
• He's got tons of video games.
• You could have knocked me over with a feather.
• Her brain is the size of a pea.
• Grandpa is older than dirt.
• My mom is going to kill me.
• Old Mr. Smith has been teaching here since the Stone Age.
• My birthday will never come.
• I’m going to stay awake all night and catch Santa Claus.
• He knows everything about math.
• My dad is always working.
• That was the easiest test in the world.
• Let’s be best friends forever.
• Nothing can stop our team from winning the championship.
• My dress shoes are killing me.
• He was skinny enough to jump through a keyhole.
• Going to Disneyland is the best idea ever.
• Carrie never stops talking.
• I have told you a million times not to do that.
• We used to walk 15 miles to school in the snow, uphill.
• He is the best player of all time.
• It is so hot you could fry an egg on the sidewalk.
• You are walking slower than a snail.
• Football is all he cares about.
• Everybody knows that.
• My mom works her fingers to the bone.
• His stomach is a bottomless pit.
• Her smile was a mile wide.
• The church was decorated with a million flowers.
• I ate so much at Thanksgiving, I must weigh more than a whale.
• We waited for centuries for the latest game to be released.
• It will only take me two seconds to get there.
• The mall is large enough to have its own zip code.
• This is so boring, just kill me now!

Hyperboles in Ads

Kids see advertisements all the time, and many contain hyperboles. Here of examples of hyperboles in advertising:

• A T & T - Reach out and touch someone.
• Citgo - There at every turn.
• Brilliant Brunette shampoo - Adds amazing luster for infinite, mirror-like shine.
• Citi - Citi never sleeps.
• Disneyland - The happiest place on earth.
• Esso - Put a tiger in your tank.
• Energizer - Keeps going and going and going.
• Geico - It's so easy, a caveman can do it.
• iPhone 5 - Browse, download and stream content at blazing-fast speeds.
• Oscar Meyer - It doesn't get better than this.
• Redbull - It gives you wings!
• Sherwin Williams - Cover the earth.
• Visa - It’s everywhere you want to be.
• 321 East - How good is our steak? Last week a man who was choking on a piece refused the Heimlich maneuver.

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