What is a metaphor for values?

What is a metaphor for values?

Definition
	A conventional metaphor in English in which a thing or characteristic is assigned a value in terms of its position, direction, size, or other physical qualities.

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of metaphors for values:
	What is a bad-as-down metaphor? What is a being-subject-to-control-as-down metaphor? What is a character-as-physical-strength metaphor? What is a character-as-straight-movement metaphor? What is a depravity-as-down metaphor? What is a good-as-up metaphor? What is a having-control-as-up metaphor? What is a health-and-life-as-up metaphor? What is an insignificant-as-little metaphor? What is a less-as-down metaphor? What is a more-as-up metaphor? What is a sickness-and-death-as-down metaphor? What is a significant-as-big metaphor? What is a virtue-as-up metaphor?

Generic
	A metaphor for values is a kind of
	Conventional metaphors in English

Context for this page:

Concept module: metaphor for values
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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