| Fiddling by rep in depression is an exaggeration (9) |
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| Exaggeration, overstatement |
The Guardian Speedy |
27 Mar 2022 |
| The use of an overstatement or exaggeration for effect |
Irish Times Simplex |
16 Feb 2022 |
| Eccentric, Beryl? Hope that's exaggeration |
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| Eccentric, Beryl? Hope that's exaggeration |
The Guardian Cryptic |
01 Feb 2022 |
| The use of exaggeration for effect |
Irish Times Simplex |
13 Aug 2019 |
| Basil perhaps sustains yelp peripherally, a cry of approval for rhetorical figure |
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| Exaggerated language contrived by rep in tricky situation |
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| Exaggeration in curve, not fully evident at first |
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| ... using ___: "Mary's microscopic lamb / So white, it struck me blind!" |
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| "20,000 Leagues Under...", literarily |
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| "I could eat a horse," e.g. |
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| Paul Bunyan device |
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| "All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand." |
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| Exaggeration for effect. |
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