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They fought like cats and dogs.

Similie

This bag weighs a ton.

Hyperbole

Ka-boom Boom Beep

Onomatopoeia

My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

Personification

The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.

Personification

To spill the tea

Idiom

Slurp Brrr Splat

Onomatopeia

Laughter is the music of the soul.

Metaphor

He's running faster than the wind

Hyperbole

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Oxymorn

Huh Sob Kerplunk

Onomatopeia

There is a real love hate relationship developing between the two of them.

Oxymoron

Break a leg!

Idiom

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

Alliteration

Always trust a glue salesman. They tend to stick to their word.

PUN

She's going through a rollercoaster of emotions.

Metaphor

Her singing was enough to raise the living dead.

Oxymoron

"She was fishing for compliments."

Metaphor

That man is as tall as a house.

Hyperbole

After hours of waiting for the bowling alley to open, we finally got the ball rolling.

PUN

His new girlfriend really is pretty ugly.

Oxymoron

John's suggestion was just a Band-Aid for the problem.

Metaphor

She sells seashells by the sea-shore

Alliteration

This is another fine mess you have got us into.

Oxymoron

He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys.

Similie

Your explanation is as clear as mud

Similie

The police station gets robbed

Irony

The shopping cost me a million dollars.

Hyperbole

When you get an "F" on your term paper and say, "Wow, I did a really good job on my term paper!" That is?

Irony

To smell a rat

Idiom

Act naturally.

Oxymoron

Lightning danced across the sky

Personification

A chicken crossing the road is truly poultry in motion.

PUN

Cheep Moo Whimper

Onomatopoeia

The other day I held the door open for a clown. I thought it was a nice jester.

PUN