No. Its right there in the Bible and so I believe!
Read John 6:63 and John 6:68 and see for yourself. You are busted, caught lying your ass off
If that were the case their concerns would have disappeared after this supposed clarification, and they would have thereby stayed with Jesus. But that’s not what happened.
They were aghast and asked Jesus to clarify did he really mean for them to eat his flesh and drink his blood? Jesus did so in even greater detail. And they left. If he was teaching them it was symbolic, they wouldn't have left.
You are making up your own narrative and it is diametrically opposed to what was recorded in the gospel.