How to use 'Literally' + 'Figuratively' - It's time to Learn English

It is true that the English  language can be quite confusing.

There are so many things you have to remember,

so many rules that must be followed and obeyed.

One thing in particular is the  use of literal...literal meanings.

When we talk about things that are literal

it means that they are happening

or have actually happened in real life.

It has literally happened.

There is of course figurative as well.

Figurative means something has been imagined

or perhaps you are using a  term or a word as an idiom.

You are using it figuratively.

For example maybe something embarrassing happened

and you might say 'ah I was so  embarrassed I literally died'.

That is not true because  you are clearly still alive

telling the story.

You did not literally die.

We can of course use death as figurative,

that is to say you can say 'I nearly  died' or 'I thought I would die'.

We are using death figuratively.

In other words you didn't actually die.

You are saying that you felt as if you were

or perhaps you thought you would.

You didn't die. You didn't literally die,

you died figuratively.

So remember next time you  want to state the way you feel

or maybe something you want to express,

don't forget there is a difference  between literal and figurative.

Literally means it did happen or it is happening,

figuratively means that it  is imagined as happening...

and that is all I have for today.

Enjoy yourself.

Stay happy

and of course...

ta ta for now.