Read the following sentences: Is it lunch time yet? I could eat a horse! What is the meaning of the hyperbole, “I could eat a horse”? I am extremely hungry and ready to eat a lot. I am not very hungry and want to eat very little. I can eat an entire horse in one sitting. I enjoy eating different kinds of food.
This is because the person is asking if it is already lunch time because he is extremely hungry and so he exaggerated that he can eat a to show how hungry he really is.
