Which of these phrases is an example of understatement?
A. I just love it when my baby brother wakes me up crying at all hours
of the night
B. The brand new Mercedes I won in a raffle is nice.
C. I ran into my English teacher when I went to pick up my mom at
the airport
D. I'm exhausted because I ran in a million circles all day.
B. The brand new Mercedes I won in a raffle is nice.
Explanation:
If you were to be in this situation where you won something of this value, most people would be elated and not as nonchalant as the person was in this sentence, only describing it as nice.
