What is a life-as-journey metaphor?

What is a life-as-journey metaphor?

Definition
	A conventional metaphor in which life is represented as a journey having such things as layovers and obstacles to be gotten over.

Examples
	Here are some examples in English:
	Harry still hasn't gotten over his divorce. It's time to get on with your life.

Generic
	A life-as-journey metaphor is a kind of
	What is a metaphor for life?

Source
	Lakoff, G. 1987

Context for this page:

Concept module: life-as-journey metaphor
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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