* Literal: The ant carried a crumb many times its size back to the nest.
* Figurative: After the hurricane, the cleanup efforts felt like a Sisyphean task, with every bit of debris seeming as insurmountable as a mountain to an ant.
* Idiom: She was so busy, she had to work like an ant to get everything done.
* Proverb: "Don't count your chickens before they hatch," is a proverb that reminds us to be cautious and not get ahead of ourselves, like an ant might get lost before reaching the nest.
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