It's literally the bee's knees

Author: Mike

Literally melted

Post author By Mike
Post date 9 April 2023

She started singing this song and my heart literally melted
Listener to Michael Ball, BBC Radio 2

Literally flying out

Post author By Mike
Post date 30 December 2022

Have you got any chicken and ham pies?
No, I’m sorry, they’ve literally been flying out
Sales assistant, Turner’s Pies

Literally tore to shreds

Post author By Mike
Post date 23 October 2022

They [Southampton] literally tore Arsenal to shreds there
Steve Sidwell, BBC Radio 5 Live

Literally caught napping

Post author By Mike
Post date 23 October 2022

The Brentford defence were literally caught napping in the afternoon sun
David Ljunggren

#BBCFootball the Brentford defence were literally caught napping in the afternoon sun there
— David Ljunggren (@soccerLjungg) October 23, 2022

Literally singlehandedly

Post author By Mike
Post date 17 September 2022

Suryakumar is literally singlehandedly keeping India in the contest
Ravi Shastri (probably)
England v India, T20 International

Literally dodging bullets

Post author By Mike
Post date 4 August 2021

He [Cheteshwar Pujara] was literally dodging bullets
Isa Guha, talking about him batting against Australia’s fast bowlers
BBC Test Match Special

Literally tearing his hair out

Post author By Mike
Post date 3 August 2021

He [Shane Warne] will be literally tearing his hair out
Kevin Pietersen
The Hundred, Sky Sports

Literally stick his ear in

Post author By Mike
Post date 10 July 2021

He’d literally come round and stick his ear in every kid’s mouth
Tony Hadley, talking about his school music teacher
BBC Radio 2 Good Morning Sunday

Literally skipped a beat

Post author By Mike
Post date 10 July 2021

My heart literally skipped a beat
Listener to Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2

Literally floating on air

Post author By Mike
Post date 10 July 2021

I was literally floating on air
Chris Packham whilst taking about watching Kestrels
BBC One: The Walk That Made Me

Literally a brick wall

Post author By Mike
Post date 14 June 2021

Georginio Wijnaldum absolutely thumps it on the volley from just inside the box and the keeper—Georgi Bushchan again—reacts to palm it away! He’s literally a brick wall.
BBC Sport Livestream

Literally can’t live with him

Post author By Mike
Post date 19 May 2021

They literally can’t live with him anymore
Darren Bent, commenting on Burnley’s defence trying to stop Leeds’s Rodrigo

Literally climb up the charts

Post author By Mike
Post date 10 May 2021

We were watching the record literally climb up the charts
Paul Carrack
BBC Radio 2 Sounds of the 70s

Literally land on a sixpence

Post author By Mike
Post date 28 April 2021

[Kevin De Bruyne] literally has to land it on a sixpence
Gary Neville, commentating on EFL Carabao Cup Final between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur

These pigs are literally hoovering the forest floor

Post author By Mike
Post date 7 April 2021

These pigs are literally hoovering the forest floor
Fred Sirieix, Chef
Describing pigs foraging for acorns in the New Forest

Your head would literally explode

Post author By Mike
Post date 25 March 2021

If your brain took in everything at equal value, your head would literally explode off your shoulders!
Mel Robbins, “Motivational Speaker”.
(That doesn’t especially motivate me though.)

Literally bounced and bulldozed

Post author By Mike
Post date 23 March 2021

Krunal Pandya has literally bounced and bulldozed his way back into the Indian team
Dinesh Karthik, Sky TV, India v England ODI

He literally can’t buy a run

Post author By Mike
Post date 21 March 2021

He [KL Rahul] suddenly goes through these periods when he literally can’t buy a run.
Nasser Hussain, Sky TV, India v England T20

Literally wiped out

Post author By Mike
Post date 17 March 2021

The vulture population was literally wiped out
Facebook post

Literally running them ragged

Post author By Mike
Post date 28 February 2021

They [Spurs] are literally running them ragged
Ian Wright, Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley