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"Marco is going to get as big as a house if he doesn't stop eating junk food!"

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"My brother is the best swimmer on his school team. He is like a fish whenever he's in the water."

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"The clouds look like wisps of white cotton candy floating across the sky."

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"I am very excited to get my driver's license next summer! How much money will I need to save so that I can buy a new car?"

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"The dinner table was piled mountain-high with food in celebration of my parents' wedding anniversary."

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"I haven't had anything to eat since last night."

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"Lucy has four brothers and two sisters, and they are all younger than she is."

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"Barbra's beautiful blue eyes sparkled like glittering diamonds whenever she smiled."

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"The calm lake reflected the mountainside like a huge mirror."

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"My baby sister has skin as soft as rose petals in full bloom."

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"My sister's memory is a camera that remembers everything we see."

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"I wonder how long it will take to drive from New York to California."

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"Peter is a really nice person. He always helps me carry my groceries home from the supermarket."

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"Andrea's little brother is a cute teddy bear in the morning, but he somehow turns into a roaring lion in the afternoon!"

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"The sun was shining down on us, a warm golden blanket from above."

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"Mark's feelings were hurt when his brother, Bobby, didn't choose him to be on his baseball team, and told everyone that he runs as slowly as a snail."

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"My mother has told me to clean my room a gazillion times today!"

The mouse sat quietly in the corner.

She was as quiet as a mouse.

His room was a mess.

His room was a pigsty.

I am extremely bored.

I’m dying of boredom.

When the circus came to town, some of the performers stayed in our spare bedrooms.

Living with my brothers and sisters is like living in the middle of a circus.

The sun was shining all day.

That day, the sun smiled upon us.

The golden rays of the sun playfully tickled our upturned faces.

His anger was a wild and violent storm that left just as quickly as it came.

I wear my heart on my sleeve.

It is often very easy to tell what I am feeling because I am always very expressive.

It's raining cats and dogs outside.

The Smurfs are blue.

I'm on pins and needles waiting for an answer.

She is a fast runner.

Grandma's garden is filled with beautiful flowers.

He has a heart of stone.

John was feeling blue.

Grandma has a green thumb.

Snow fell in the forest.

My little sister was playing with toy cars. She drove them over the carpet, the kitchen floor, and the coffee table. She even drove them up the walls!

I've told you a million times!

It's raining cats and dogs out there!

"If you think I'm going to tell the scary upstairs neighbor that his music is too loud, you're nuts!"

Please pick up your art supplies and put them away.

There was a little bird sitting outside my window chirping and whistling all day long. It drove me up the wall!

If I live to be one thousand years old, I will never understand the paintings in this museum.

Determine whether the expression below is meant to be figurative or literal.

"My brother says that I will not pass math until pigs fly."

"I could barely speak because I had a frog in my throat from yelling at the concert."

Determine whether the expression below is meat to be figurative or literal.

"My teacher told me to pull myself together after my argument with a classmate."

An average heart is the size of your fist.

Eat a heart healthy snack.