Identify each of the following sentences as irony, metaphor, or simile. For each sentence, write another expressing its literal meaning.
1. He missed the ball by a mile.
2. He acted like a bull in a china shop.
3. The exam blew me away.
4. He had to eat his words.
5. It was a real team effort. (Said by a coach after his team loses by forty points)
6. They are throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
7. This is a case of the tail wagging the dog.
8. "Religion is the opiate of the masses." (Marx)