Table 8 Examples of figures of speech from the film Missing Link and the series The Amazing World of Gumball.

From: Translating conversational implicatures in English movies and series into Arabic: can floutings be captured?

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Missing link

6

I give you my word

Of course, I promise, “I’ll give you my word.”

7

You can say that again

You can say that again “the statement is acceptable.”

Gumball

8

Get lost

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I wish he’d get out of our lives

9

Needs to chill

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Her nerves need to be cooled

10

Get outa here

Get out of it

11

Asked for a hand

Asked for a hand for help

12

Let’s bounce

Let’s bounce