Metaphors have been used to explain the world around us in figure of speech when describing a situation or idea. Some of these metaphors would give rise to idioms that further express our point of view in viewing the world around us. We will be covering five conventional metaphors that include that Ideas are plants, ideas are commodities, understanding is seeing, the eyes are containers for the emotions, and life is a gambling game. Metaphors are a reflection of our world and our culture that help us understand meanings and ideas.
Ideas are plants is a symbiotic metaphor of how a person’s idea is like an organic seed that sprouts, grows, bear fruit, and finally wither away and die. But like a plant in its course of life, it branches out. In the case of O’Brien (2016), the “fertile imagination” (p. 117) is a foundation base to grow off of. Ideas grow like plants and go through a life cycle, but an idea starts out as an …show more content…
In the case of “Her eyes welled with emotion” (O’Brien, 2016, p. 118), we can represent that “welled” is referring to a well that contain water. Instead of a physical well, it is tears. But to determine if the emotions are either happiness or sadness an individual is going through, it is up to interpretation.
Life is a gambling game can be translated as how we have multiple choices to make through out of life. Each choice made at the start of our day or event of our life have different outcomes as a result of that choice. O’Brien (2016) says, “He’s bluffing” (p. 119), they’re stating that they’re trying to work their way to their goal even if it means lying. Perhaps “lying” is a metaphor about trying to pass a difficult obstacle or to be lucky in either at the start or during of choosing such path towards our goal. But because life is also a game, we have possible chances in trying again if we don’t
Ideas are plants is a symbiotic metaphor of how a person’s idea is like an organic seed that sprouts, grows, bear fruit, and finally wither away and die. But like a plant in its course of life, it branches out. In the case of O’Brien (2016), the “fertile imagination” (p. 117) is a foundation base to grow off of. Ideas grow like plants and go through a life cycle, but an idea starts out as an …show more content…
In the case of “Her eyes welled with emotion” (O’Brien, 2016, p. 118), we can represent that “welled” is referring to a well that contain water. Instead of a physical well, it is tears. But to determine if the emotions are either happiness or sadness an individual is going through, it is up to interpretation.
Life is a gambling game can be translated as how we have multiple choices to make through out of life. Each choice made at the start of our day or event of our life have different outcomes as a result of that choice. O’Brien (2016) says, “He’s bluffing” (p. 119), they’re stating that they’re trying to work their way to their goal even if it means lying. Perhaps “lying” is a metaphor about trying to pass a difficult obstacle or to be lucky in either at the start or during of choosing such path towards our goal. But because life is also a game, we have possible chances in trying again if we don’t