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Which excerpt from ñGood Country Peopleî is the best example of figurative language?

A)The reason for her keeping them so long was that they were . . . good country people.
B)If she donÍt get there before the dust settles, you can bet sheÍs dead, thatÍs all.
C)She would make these statements, usually at the table, in a tone of gentle insistence as if no one held them but her
D)It was hard for Mrs. Hopewell to realize that her child was thirty-two now and that for more than twenty years she had had only one leg.

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B. If she don't get there before the dust settles, you can bet she's dead, that's all. Is the most figurative example.
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