I think that was when I fell in love with yardwork.

Metaphorically speaking, of course.

That and having a dad who would not let me mow the lawn until I turned 21. OK. That is an exaggeration. It was 19.

It looks like Governor Mark Sanford is up for sale. Well, maybe not literally, but someone did post a Craigslist ad, saying he is.

She was like, 'This boy literally taught himself how to ride through all the books that he read.'

Metaphorically, if not literally, Kaufman says, "Cary has to ride the train for every movie."

Literally she turns her skirts upside down.

Metaphorically speaking, that describes the brain of an adolescent.

Alarming Trend: Kids Literally Smoking Candy.

Honestly? It's like literally I felt like I was in this alternate universe. You're so almost out of whack with reality.

Do the kids actually inhale the candy? Do they simply take it into their mouths and blow a smokelike powder? Is it one piece, several, an entire roll? These distinctions are not discussed.

"We'll be announcing additional things in that area literally very, very soon," said Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt after the company reported first-quarter profits Thursday.

I literally have more money than God, literally, and I just love the fans for that. But when you take something that you own and feel free to pass it around to people who you feel might like it, that's not rock-and-roll. That's stealing.

Pirate syndicates receive millions in ransom for crews and ships and literally get away with murder.

Suddenly I feel compelled to raise my daughter in a sensory deprivation tank.