a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)

an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things

a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

extravagant exaggeration

conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

an easy accomplishment

(figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement

an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)

an unexpected hit

something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal