Hyperbole and Understatement 2

Looking over the traffic, sprawling bumper to bumper for miles, John muttered to his partner, "This could be a minute..."

I cannot turn back toward you, my dear, for your light would make me blind.

I will wait here for 10,000 years, my dear, just to hear your voice.

After the boys lost the basketball game 12 to 84, the coach said, "Well, guys, we came up a little bit short."

This maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me.

They live their lives with a continual sigh, sadder than all tears.

Organizing all of the books in this library did require a little time and a teensy bit of work.

Giving cake to a baby can be a little bit messy.

My cousin is 7 feet tall and I'm 5 feet, so I guess he's a got a little bit of height on me.

Sometimes I pause and pant for an endless instant.

Gee, Charlie, I don't think you're going to be able to pick up that pickup truck. It looks a tad too heavy for you.

The roses are weighed down by the heavy moonlight.

Drip-- hiss-- the rain drops. The little noise never stops.

You could try to swim across the Pacific Ocean, but it'd be a little tiring and there might not be enough time to do it this afternoon.

Max looked at the mountain jutting into the sky and said, "Yeah, it's probably a little too big to jump over it."

Over the hilltop, swish with the scurry of wings, millions of pale brown birds.

Jumping into a frozen lake will cool you down all right.

She's going to knock the eyebrows off your face, boy.

The birds around my window were singing the sweetest tunes ever heard.

Pluto can get as cold as -400F at night, so if you're going there, you might want to bring a jacket.