Hyperbole to Express Desperation

• If I can't get a smartphone, I will die.

• My mom is going to kill me.

• These dress shoes are killing me.

• This is so boring, just kill me now!

• It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets.

• My mom works her fingers to the bone.

• It feels like my birthday will never come.

• I had a ton of chores to do.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• It's so hot you could fry an egg on the sidewalk.

• We used to walk 15 miles to school in the snow, uphill.

• You could have knocked me over with a feather.

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Hyperbole to Exaggerate Expense

• Our new house cost a bazillion dollars.

• We don't have two cents to rub together.

• The church was decorated with a million flowers.

• He's got tons of video games.

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Hyperbole to Exaggerate Time

• Grandpa is older than dirt.

• Old Mr. Smith has been teaching here since the Stone Age.

• My dad is always working.

• I've told you a million times not to do that.

• We waited for centuries for the latest game to be released.

• It will only take me two seconds to get there.

• You're walking slower than a snail.

• Carrie never stops talking.

• I'm going to stay awake all night to catch Santa Claus.

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Hyperbole in Ads

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

• AT&T - Reach out and touch someone.

• Citgo - They're at every turn.

• 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.

• 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.