Exageration in literal meanings
Hello there, literally means the literal meaning of something right? For example someone says "Hey I broke the ice with our neighbor a couple days ago" and they reply "Sweet, are you dating now? " then he says "No you idiot, didn't you listen to me when I was talking about our front door freezing? I LITERALLY broke the ice with the help of my neighbor". But sometimes I hear someone saying "That round, I literally took a THOUSAND blows from my opponent ", this example doesn't sound very literal you know, how can someone be hit a thousand times in only one round? Can it be that even "literally" can be used like a metaphor? Share what you know please. By the way, I'd appreciate any mistake correction in my text.
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A lot of English speakers don't understand the correct meaning of the word 'literally'.
- A lot of English speakers don't understand the correct meaning of the word 'literally'.
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A lot of English speakers don't understand the correct meaning of the word 'literally'. 
0Venom SnakeShare what you know please.
'literally' is now even in dictionaries with this as one of the definitions:
literally: used when you are describing something in an extreme way that cannot be true (MacMillan)
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