I Want to MARRY Hyperbolic Statements

Jesus utilized hyperboles to emphasize a point.  I love hyperbole.

Dictionary.com defines Hyperbole as:

  1. obvious and intentional exaggeration;
  2. an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally
Last night, I went to the local store (think large, massive, discounted, and from Arkansas) to get a few things for my lovely wife.  She wanted me to get one of those hard covered ice pack things to put into a lunch bag.  I figured it would be in all of the kitchen stuff.  After wondering around, dressed like a person of the store, I could not find one anywhere.  I texted my wife stating, “I’m going to burn this place down!”  She told me to ask someone, but the only people I could find were stock people pushing large amounts of discounted goods down the aisles.  Finally I found a lady, she looked at me like I was an idiot (maybe because of how I was dressed),  and she told me that the ice packs were in Sporting Goods.  Duh!…?
So, as you can see, I was not literally going to be an arsonist, but was using one of our favorite hyperbolic phrases.  
What hyperbolic phrases do you use ALL of the time?
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