What is a metaphor for emotion in general?

What is a metaphor for emotion in general?

Definition
	A conventional metaphor in English in which an aspect of emotion is represented in spatial or physical terms.

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of metaphors for emotion in general:
	What is a body-as-container-for-emotions metaphor? What is an emotional-effect-as-physical-contact metaphor? What is an emotion-as-bounded-space metaphor? What is an eyes-as-containers-for-emotions metaphor?

Generic
	A metaphor for emotion in general is a kind of
	What is a metaphor for emotions?

Context for this page:

Concept module: metaphor for emotion in general
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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