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Hmm, ok. Though what is the question...?
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on a shoestring. With very limited financial means, as in The newlyweds were living on a shoestring. The precise allusion in this term is unclear. One fanciful theory is that debtors in British prisons would lower a shoe by its laces from a window so as to collect funds from visitors or passers-by.
Explanation:
He is the man responsible for the plague. He stricken Thebes. Hope this answers your question.
If you profit from your mistakes then you will prosper
I personally would say c) irony.
Why?
Alliteration is like the sally seashells kids song.
Metaphor is saying " he is a rock" when "he" is not actually a rock
Hyperbole is something exaggerated or a claim.
That makes me believe it is irony. Hope this helps.