Subject: Has to be a pure metaphor, I'm afraid. :( (nm)
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Posted on: 2009-07-28 09:48:00 UTC
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OT: Metaphors! by
on 2009-07-22 07:35:00 UTC
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(Cross-posted from my LJ:)
I need a favour, from as many of you as possible, and I think it should be fun: How many different metaphors can you think of which describe an emotion?
I'm looking for things like:
Anger: blow your lid, explode, boiling blood...
Sadness: Feeling blue, down...
And so on.
I ask this particularly of those of you who speak languages other than English, because part of my project is about how these metaphors (such as heat representing anger) are cross-cultural and multi-lingual.
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Re: OT: Metaphors! by
on 2009-07-28 20:13:00 UTC
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Ahem. This is a bit of a crude one, but "Me cae los huevos" (My... erm... eggs drop. The meaning of this should be obvious.) [when I see him/her] means you dislike them.
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Re: OT: Metaphors! by
on 2009-07-27 10:44:00 UTC
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It's a simile rather than a metaphor, but you were after weather ones, so: I just described someone as having a face like a wet weekend.
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Has to be a pure metaphor, I'm afraid. :( (nm) by
on 2009-07-28 09:48:00 UTC
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Meow... by
on 2009-07-25 19:03:00 UTC
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My older brother and I are fond of the term "Flip a cog", meaning to throw a fit or become very angry. I have no idea how common the expression is, but there's my input...
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Re: Meow... by
on 2009-07-26 17:57:00 UTC
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We have a similar one here: to flip one's lid. The lid presumably refers to the top of the head; I'm guessing your cogs refer to the innards of the head, so it's pretty much the same sentiment.
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Both are very interesting - and helpful. Thanks, guys! :) (nm) by
on 2009-07-28 09:48:00 UTC
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Thanks, all! by
on 2009-07-24 08:46:00 UTC
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If you have any more ideas, they're more than welcome - I just want to thank you guys for what you've sent so far. :)
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All I can think of at the moment by
on 2009-07-23 13:26:00 UTC
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Anger: fuming, blind rage, towering rage
Fear: petrified, frozen
Worry: a gnawing or nagging worry
Happiness: feeling chirpy
Will add more if I think of them :) -
I never metaphor I didn't like! by
on 2009-07-23 00:56:00 UTC
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"Her voice was heavy with sarcasm..."
How is it that when one is asked to think of things one thinks of all the time, one cannot think of them? Argh! *headbonk* -
Re: OT: Metaphors! by
on 2009-07-22 13:21:00 UTC
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compassion, friendliness, and similar: warm
Lack of emotion: cold
anger: seeing red. Note also that heat associations with anger tend to refer specifically to fire in most cases.
Unfortunately, my knowledge of Latin does not extend to metaphors, so I can't help with non-english metaphors. -
Have to go in a second... by
on 2009-07-22 11:21:00 UTC
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but here's a couple.
Green with envy, tickled pink, red with fury/whatever. -
Re: OT: Metaphors! by
on 2009-07-22 10:26:00 UTC
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Look, Sedri, there's a ton of these buggers, and I have to go out in an hour. If I miss the start of the Potter travesty because I'm too caught up in thinking of metaphors for you, I may never forgive you. :P
Have asked my dad if he can think of any German examples that fit, since one of my principal memories of asking him for help with German homework was his insistence that idiomatic expressions don't tend to translate the same. Will let you know what he says.
Also, will reply on your lj as will have time to think that way. -
Just to clarify... by
on 2009-07-22 07:51:00 UTC
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This is for my semantics course at university, and I'll be writing it as a formal report, so if you know a metaphor in a non-English language, please, give me both the original words and the English translation.
Also, phrases relating to temperature or colour are excellent, but literally anything is welcome - the more variety, the better. Also, they don't need to be strict-definition metaphors, as "feeling down" is perfectly useful for this project.
Thanks to anyone who can help!