I was using hyperbole. In the English language at least, it is used as a rhetorical device. Other examples: 1. "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse": Rarely is t

I was using hyperbole. In the English language at least, it is used as a rhetorical device. Other examples: 1. "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse": Rarely is the person actually capable of eating a horse. 2. "I'd die if he found out": Rarely would the person actually die. They'd probably be mortified (ah ha, nice pun there, eh?). 3. "Everyone's a critic": Nope, not everyone. Some people are not critics.