What is an internal-pressure-for-anger metonymy?

What is an internal-pressure-for-anger metonymy?

Definition
	A conventional metonymy in which reference to the physiological responses of increased blood pressure or increased blood flow to the head is used to stand for anger.

Examples
	Here are some examples in English:
	When I found out, I almost burst a blood vessel. He almost had a hemorrhage.

Generic
	An internal-pressure-for-anger metonymy is a kind of
	What is a physiological metonymy for anger?

Source
	Kovecses 1986

Context for this page:

Concept module: internal-pressure-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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