What is a metaphor for anger?

What is a metaphor for anger?

Definition
	A conventional metaphor in English in which anger is represented as an unrelated thing or event.

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of metaphors for anger:
	What is an anger-as-burden metaphor? What is an anger-as-dangerous-animal metaphor? What is an anger-as-fire metaphor? What is an anger-as-hot-contained-fluid metaphor? What is an anger-as-opponent metaphor? What is an anger-as-storm metaphor?

Generic
	A metaphor for anger is a kind of
	What is a metaphor for aspects of anger?

Context for this page:

Concept module: metaphor for anger
In modular book: Metaphors in English, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H. Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Lexicon

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