Originally Posted by gekkogecko

There was the time a couple of years ago that my wife was talkignto a former co-worker:

Co-Worker: "I was playing cards with some friends last night. Didn't do too good."
Wife: "Oh? Why not?"
CoW: "They literally used me to mop the floor."
W: "Literally?"
CoW: "Yeah, I crashed and burned."
W: "Literally mopped the floor?"
CoW: "Yeah, literally."
W: "Your face doesn't looked scuffed or anything."
CoW: "Well, they didn't push me around the floor on my face. Literally is jsut a figure of speech."