Tripathi has to come in, literally on one foot
Harsha Bhogle, commentating on the IPL final between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders
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Literally on their knees
Leeds are playing against a team [Southampton] who are literally on their knees
Don Goodman, Sky Sports
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Literally melted
She started singing this song and my heart literally melted
Listener to Michael Ball, BBC Radio 2
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Literally flying out
Have you got any chicken and ham pies?
No, I’m sorry, they’ve literally been flying out
Sales assistant, Turner’s Pies
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Literally tore to shreds
They [Southampton] literally tore Arsenal to shreds there
Steve Sidwell, BBC Radio 5 Live
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Literally caught napping
The Brentford defence were literally caught napping in the afternoon sun
David Ljunggren
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Literally singlehandedly
Suryakumar is literally singlehandedly keeping India in the contest
Ravi Shastri (probably)
England v India, T20 International
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Literally dodging bullets
He [Cheteshwar Pujara] was literally dodging bullets
Isa Guha, talking about him batting against Australia’s fast bowlers
BBC Test Match Special
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Literally tearing his hair out
He [Shane Warne] will be literally tearing his hair out
Kevin Pietersen
The Hundred, Sky Sports
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Literally stick his ear in
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
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Literally skipped a beat
My heart literally skipped a beat
Listener to Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2
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Literally floating on air
I was literally floating on air
Chris Packham whilst taking about watching Kestrels
BBC One: The Walk That Made Me
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Literally a brick wall
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
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Literally can’t live with him
They literally can’t live with him anymore
Darren Bent, commenting on Burnley’s defence trying to stop Leeds’s Rodrigo
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Literally climb up the charts
We were watching the record literally climb up the charts
Paul Carrack
BBC Radio 2 Sounds of the 70s
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Literally land on a sixpence
[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
Fred Sirieix, Chef
Describing pigs foraging for acorns in the New Forest
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Your head would literally explode
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.)
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Literally bounced and bulldozed
Krunal Pandya has literally bounced and bulldozed his way back into the Indian team
Dinesh Karthik, Sky TV, India v England ODI
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He literally can’t buy a run
He [KL Rahul] suddenly goes through these periods when he literally can’t buy a run.
Nasser Hussain, Sky TV, India v England T20