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Determine whether each sentence expresses meaning literally or figuratively.

It cost her an arm and leg
to replace the refrigerator
when it broke.
I am so hungry that I'll probably
eat three or four helpings of
dinner.
I easily jumped over the
barrels on my horse, Skip.
You are barking up the wrong
tree if you're trying to get
information from me.
Literal Meaning
Figurative Meaning
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User Arbis
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the first and last is literal .the second and third is figurative.

literal
figurative
figurative
literal
User Ahmet Emrebas
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