It's not any kind of comparison. Disaster is not compared to either man or wife or both. That makes A and B incorrect.
The problem is that both C and D have possibilities.
Discussion Hyperbole
Usually Hyperbole is an exaggeration used to suggest a humorous condition. We would not take the exact meaning seriously but we might take what the hyperbola is suggesting seriously.
Your smile is worth a million dollars to me.
There once was an ad for Camel's cigarettes that said "I'd walk a mile for a camel." People found the double meaning (cigarette and 4 legged animal) catchy. They also responded to the idea of walking a mile for a camel (either one). The point is, would you really walk a mile for either one? It's exaggerated.
Personification
These are attributes given to things or animals other than other inanimate things. In your case, your example swallows up man and wife together is a personification because whatever doing the swallowing, normally can't do it.
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Homo erectus is a species of archaic humans that lived throughout most of the Pleistocene geological epoch :)
1.1 million U.S. abortions each year.
Nearly 1 in 4 (22%) of pregnancies end in abortion50% of women now seeking abortion have had at least one previous abortion.
The U.S. abortion rate is among the highest of developed countries.
51% of abortions are performed on women less than 25 years of age.
Approximately 1/3 of American women have had an abortion by age 45.
<span>Abortion disproportionately affects black and Hispanic women.
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The analogies are the following:
1. Cause to effect: digestion - eat
2. Part to whole: organs - body
3. Word to antonym: day - night, word to synonym: serene - calm
4. Object to characteristic: sun - shine
5. Time sequence: marriage - children
6. Spatial order: garage - car
