What literary technique is being used when the intended meaning of a statement is the opposite of what is stated? But his hours are as busy asbees in the sun

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What literary technique is being used when the intended meaning of a statement is the opposite of what is stated? But his hours are as busy asbees in the sun

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its a metaphore. a metaphore is a sentence that contradicts its actual meaning.

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