Looking For A Grammatical Term........

[ToraToraTora]

When someone says "I could murder a curry" for example what's the name for that figure of speech? I'm sure there is a word I just can't remember it and my googling is innefective. Thanks.

[Arksided]

 Idiom

[Calibax]

Hyperbole?

[Togo]

Sounds like a Metaphor. 

[ToraToraTora]

21:39 that's the one I'm looking for, cheers!

[Calibax]

You're welcome

[newmodarmy]

Isn't that what Americans serve a massive curry in?

[barry1010]

Hyperbole or idiom?

[ToraToraTora]

I may not have given the best example but I was looking for hyperbole. However there is a bit of idiom applying and a sprinkling of metaphor here too. These are not exact terms. Thanks all.

[Maydup]

"The old man's eyes were like pools of water" (simile) 

"The city is a jungle" (metaphor) 

"The flowers danced in the gentle breeze" (personification) 

"I've told you a million times!" (hyperbole) 

"He was a real Shakespeare" (allusion) 

"The car slammed to a halt" (onomatopoeia) 

"She's pulling my leg" (idiom) 

"Living dead" (oxymoron

[ToraToraTora]

cheers maydup that will come in handy in future.

[10ClarionSt]

Oxymoron? What's wrong with saying paradox? 

[Ellipsis]

"Onomatopoeia" as in Kid Creole and the Coconuts' misheard lyrics in "Annie I'm not your Daddy" 

[ToraToraTora]

09:34 because they are different things me old china!

[ToraToraTora]

09:39 yes I always heard onamatopoeia but they actually say "I don't, I don't, I don't want to be your..."

[10ClarionSt]

Thanks TTT, but the meanings so similar. 

[Peter Pedant]

I've told you a million times!" (hyperbole) 

yeah - you dont normally kill a curry so you can do a hyperbole on it

[ToraToraTora]

09:53 not really. An oxymoron is as above "living dead" - a contradiction in terms. A paradox is something that is a non intuitive idea, and it can work. eg Cutting taxes to increase revenue.

[Ellipsis]

An oxymoron is a contradiction in terms. Living dead is a good example. The classic (joke?) example is army intelligence.

More formally ...

https://www.dictionary.com/e/paradox-oxymoron/

Although both a paradox and an oxymoron involve contradictions, they have an important difference. A paradox is a rhetorical device or a self-contradictory statement that can actually be true. While an oxymoron is a figure of speech that pairs two opposing words.

[THECORBYLOON]

'“The first rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club.”

This famous line is from Chuck Palahniuk’s 1996 novel, Fight Club, and it leaves an impression. Not only does it shroud the fight club in mystery, but it forces the reader to pause and think. Is he breaking the rules of fight club by talking about the rules of fight club? It’s an impervious circle and a perfect literary paradox.

A paradox is a literary device that appears to contradict itself but contains some truth, theme, or humor.'