Up: [[Metaphor]] Created: 2025-01-28 Updated: 2025-11-16 George Lakoff looked at common metaphors for anger. - Hot fluid: I’ve reached boiling point. - Fire: Those are inflammatory remarks. - Insanity: He went crazy with anger. - An opponent: She fought back her anger. - A dangerous animal: He had a ferocious temper. - Trespassing: You’ve stepped over the line. - A burden: Get it off your chest All of them are anger, but they are different qualities of anger. Metaphor does a better job of distinguishing between emotional qualities than do either concepts, which are good for definitions, but not particular enough for a person’s experience, or sensory terms, which are good for detail and accuracy but not necessarily the quality.