Read the following excerpt from a performance review.
listeners will surely enjoy the way mathers can "talk the
hind legs off a donkey" once she starts telling her tales.
why might the author have put the phrase "talk the hind legs off a donkey" in
quotation marks?
a. to draw attention to the source's phrasing
b. to show that it is a metaphor and not literal
c. to indicate that he does not understand the expression
d. to discredit the source as unreliable

To show that it is a metaphor and not literal

Explanation:

''Talk the hind legs of a donkey'' is having a meaning ''making a donkey sit down on its rear end'' which is not something that donkeys do naturally. It is used when we are describing a person who is talking to much. This phrase has its origins in Ireland.

In this case, the author is considering that person can talk much about her tales.

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