Hyperbole is deliberate exaggeration for emotional effect. The addressee is not expected to have a literal understanding of the expression.
(English)
In the Bible, the following expression from Matthew 23:24 contains examples of hyperbole:
The words gnat and camel are hyperbolic expressions of smallness and largeness.
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