What is a frustrated-behavior-for-anger metonymy?

What is a frustrated-behavior-for-anger metonymy?

Definition
	A conventional metonymy in which reference to violent behavior indicative of frustration is used to stand for anger.

Examples
	Here are some examples in English:
	He's tearing his hair out! If one more thing goes wrong, I'll start banging my head against the wall. The loud music next door has got him climbing the walls!

Generic
	A frustrated-behavior-for-anger metonymy is a kind of
	What is a behavioral metonymy for anger?

Source
	Kovecses 1986

Context for this page:

Concept module: frustrated-behavior-for-anger metonymy
In modular book: Metonymies 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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