What is a metaphor for emotions?

What is a metaphor for emotions?

Definition
	A conventional metaphor in English in which any of various kinds of emotions is represented as an unrelated thing, person, state, event, or substance.

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of metaphors for emotions:
	What is a happy-as-up metaphor? What is a metaphor for aspects of anger? What is a metaphor for aspects of romantic love? What is a metaphor for emotion in general? What is a metaphor for varieties of pride? What is a sad-as-down metaphor?

Generic
	A metaphor for emotions is a kind of
	What is a metaphor for mind and mental processes?

Context for this page:

Concept module: metaphor for emotions
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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