Hello I've got to find over 30 metaphors under one certain concept and I can't find such a number of metaphors. Please help me. If anyone could I would be very thankful. There are some concepts of metraphors from Lakoff but I found only15 under one certain concept so please help me!!! THank you
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Hello! If you scroll down the page a bit further, there's a thread by axl about metaphors, the answer might help you. Good luck!
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Hello!
If you scroll down the page a bit further, there's a thread by axl about metaphors, the answer might help you.
Good luck!
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I know that web but what I'm asking for is to take one concept, for example:
Life is a container
and find 30 examples of metaphors to this main metaphor ex. 1. Life is empty for him. 2. Her life is crammed with activities. 3. Get the most out of life. etc.
So I have to find the main metaphor for which I could find 30 examples.
A person (life, as a subject for this, is too general and abstract, and is difficult to associate things with, while a person has many everyday aspects and can be associated with more things) as a container:
1. He's empty of emotion. 2. He's full of life. 3. His promises ring hollow. 4. He poured himself into his work. 5. He emptied his heart out to me. 6. The si