Emotion metaphors please?

ANGER IS A HOT FLUID IN A CONTAINER: She is boiling with anger. ANGER IS FIRE: He’s doing a slow burn. His anger is smoldering. ANGER IS INSANITY: The man was insane with rage.ANGER IS AN OPPONENT IN A STRUGGLE: I was struggling with my anger.ANGER IS A CAPTIVE ANIMAL: He unleashed his anger. ANGER IS A BURDEN: He carries his anger around with him.ANGRY BEHAVIOUR IS AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR: Don’t snarl at me!THE CAUSE OF ANGER IS TRESPASSING: Here I draw the line.THE CAUSE OF ANGER IS PHYSICAL ANNOYANCE: He’s a pain in the neck. ANGER IS A NATURAL FORCE: It was a stormy meeting.AN ANGRY PERSON IS A FUNCTIONING MACHINE: That really got him going. ANGER IS A SOCIAL SUPERIOR: His actions were completely governed by anger. FEAR IS A FLUID IN A CONTAINER: The sigh filled her with fear. FEAR IS A HIDDEN ENEMY: Fear slowly crept up on him. He was hounded by the fear that the business would fail.FEAR IS A TORMENTOR: my mother was tormented by fear.FEAR IS A SUPERNATURAL BEING: he was haunted by fear.FEAR IS AN ILLNESS: Jill was sick with fright. FEAR IS INSANITY: Jack was insane with fear.THE SUBJECT OF FEAR IS A DIVIDED SELF: I was beside myself with fear.FEAR IS AN OPPONENT IN AS STRUGGLE: Fear took hold of me.FEAR IS A BURDEN: Fear weighted heavily on them.FEAR IS A NATURAL FORCE: She was engulfed by panic.FEAR IS SOCIAL SUPERIOR: his actions were dictated by fear. HAPPY IS UP: We had to cheer him up.HAPPINESS IS BEING OF THE GROUND: I am six feet of the ground. I was so happy my feet barely touched the ground.HAPPINESS IS BEING IN HEAVEN: That was heaven on earth. HAPPY IS LIGHT: She brightened up at the news.HAPPINESS IS VITALITY: He was alive with joy.HAPPINESS IS WARM: That warmed my spirits.HAPPINESS IS HEALTH: It made me feel great. A HAPPY PERSON IS AN ANIMAL THAT LIVES WELL: He was happy as a pig in ****. He looks like a cat that got the cream. HAPPINESS IS A PLEASURABLE PHYSICAL SENSATION: I was tickled pink.HAPPINESS IS A FLUID IN A CONTAINER: He was overflowing with joy.HAPPINESS IS A CAPTIVE ANIMAL: His feeling of happiness broke loose. She couldn’t hold back her feelings of happiness. HAPPINESS IS AN OPPONENT IN A STRUGGLE: He was knocked out! She was overcome by joy. HAPPINESS IS A RAPTURE/HIGH: I was drunk with joy. HAPPINESS IS INSANITY: They were crazy with happiness.HAPPINESS IS A NATURAL FORCE: He was swept off his feet. SAD IS DOWN: He brought me down with his remarks. SAD IS DARK: He is in a dark mood.SADNESS IS LACK OF HEAT: Loosing his father put his fire out; he’s been depressed for two years. SADNESS IS LACK OF VITALITY: This was disheartening news.SADNESS IS A FLUID IN A CONTAINER: I am filled with sorrow. SADNESS IS A PHYSICAL FORCE: that was a terrible blow. SADNESS IS AN ILLNESS: She was heart-sick. Time heals all sorrows. SADNESS IS INSANITY: He was insane with grief.SADNESS IS A BURDEN: He staggered under the pain.SADNESS IS A LIVING ORGANISM: He drowned his sorrow in drink.SADNESS IS A CAPTIVE ANIMAL: His feelings of misery got out of hand. SADNESS IS AN OPPONENT: He was seized by a fit of depression. SADNESS IS A SOCIAL SUPERIOR: She was ruled by sorrow.Love is a nutrient: I am starved for love.Love is a journey: It’s been a long, bumpy road.Love is a unity of parts: We’re as one. They’re breaking up. We’re inseparable. We fused together. LOVE IS CLOSENESS: They’re very close. LOVE IS A BOND: There is a close tie between them. LOVE IS A FLUID IN A CONTAINER: She was overflowing with love.LOVE IS FIRE: I am burning with love.LOVE IS AN ECONOMIC EXCHANGE: I’m putting m ore into this than you are.LOVE IS A NATURAL FORCE: She swept me off my feet.LOVE IS A PHYSICAL FORCE: I was magnetically drawn to her.LOVE IS AN OPPONENT: She tried to fight her feelings of love.LOVE IS A CAPTIVE ANIMAL: She let go of her feelings.LOVE IS WAR: She conquered him.LOVE IS SPORT/A GAME: He made a play for her.LOVE IS A DISEASE/ AN ILLNESS: I am heart-sick. LOVE IS MAGIC: He was enchanted.LOVE IS INSANITY: I am crazy about you.LOVE IS A SOCIAL SUPERIOR: She is completely ruled by love.LOVE IS A RAPTURE/ A HIGH: I have been high on love for weeks.THE OBJECT OF LOVE IS APPETIZING FOOD: Hi, sweetie-pie. THE OBJECT OF LOVE IS A SMALL CHILD: Well, baby, what are we gonna do?THE OBJECT OF LOVE IS A DEITY: Don’t put her on a pedestal. He worships her.THE OBJECT OF LOVE IS A VALUABLE OBJECT: You’re my treasure!i hope it will help, as these are conceptual metaphors with some examples of underlying them linguistic expressions. taken mainly from Kovecses: Metaphors and Metaphor and Emotions and Lakoff and Johnson’s Metaphor we live by.... Show More

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