it was a metaphor

Concrete Thinking in Autism: How Literal Interpretation Affects Those with ASD Autistic people often take things literally because differences in Theory of Mind, weak central coherence, and executive function change how the brain processes ambiguous language, making the literal meaning of a phrase more accessible than any hidden figurative one. When someone says “it’s raining cats and dogs,” that’s not a failure to understand English. It’s a brain wired to trust the words actually spoken over the intention presumably lurking behind them... You ought to really read that article. It explains how it isn't your fault when you are unable to comprehend what people are saying. When a person isn't firing on all cylinders they often can't grasp the deeper meanings, so they can't help but focus on the only aspects of the communication that they can understand. You are just making shit up. Sure and people who come in wet and say it was raining cats and dogs outside are disgusting liars.