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Is ""Now look what you did," I griped. "There went our breakfast. Can't you two wait till I set the eggs down before you go shovin' me all over the country?" a metaphor?
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Is ""Now look what you did," I griped. "There went our breakfast. Can't you two wait

till I set the eggs down before you go shovin' me all over the country?"
a metaphor?

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No, it is hyperbole.

The sentence exaggerates that the person speaking is being tossed about the country while the other person/people are causing a ruckus.

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