Hyperbole Metaphors, Analogies and Similes

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He stamped his foot so hard it caused a plume of dust to rise — in Australia.

He's been working on that novel since before the 'Big Bang'.

He shaves with a blow torch.

After the cross-country running I had a blister the size of Brazil.

She stole the show on the scale of the Brinks Mat bullion robbery.

The waiter unscrewed the cap as though defusing a nuclear bomb.

He pulled on the rock, attempting to make the Earth spin faster.

You count your age in Solar years whereas she ages only in Galactic years, i.e. the time the solar system rotates around the centre of our Milky Way galaxy.

Byron tidies his room as often as the sun rotates around the centre of the Milky Way.

Enough ice on Victoria to cool the Mojave desert and enough make-up to paint a yacht.

Lavatories flush with Niagara vigour.

This stuff makes War and Peace look like a postcard home from Rhyl.

You could break my heart, like a red sponge, into a thousand pieces — but it will still reconstitute itself.

His nervous twitch registered high on the Richter scale.

My car has the fuel economy of a Saturn 5 rocket launcher.

Managing hospital resources this way is like calculating you car's speed from the motion of the stars rather than the speedometer.

You get onto the scales and see your telephone number.

Tracey's photograph weighs 10 pounds.

In the trading estate, a group of teenagers were drinking cider from bottles the size of U-boats.

Corporate umbrellas the size of satellites.