Metaphors that need fixing
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Related metaphors with no relation type specified
- CHANGE IN CONTROLLER IS TRANSFER OF POSSESSION
- PERSONAL PREFERENCE IS TASTE
- PURPOSEFUL THINKING IS GOAL-DIRECTED MOTION
- SENSING IS SMELLING
Metaphors marked as primary but with no experiential basis
- Metaphor:ACHIEVING A PURPOSE IS ACQUIRING A DESIRED OBJECT
- Metaphor:ACHIEVING A PURPOSE IS REACHING A DESTINATION
- Metaphor:ACQUIRING IDEAS IS EATING
- Metaphor:ACTION IS MOTION
- Metaphor:ACTION IS MOTION ALONG A PATH
- Metaphor:AFFECTION IS WARMTH
- Metaphor:AIDS TO ACHIEVING A PURPOSE ARE AIDS TO REACHING A DESTINATION
- Metaphor:ANGER IS PRESSURE IN A CONTAINER
- Metaphor:ARGUMENT IS WAR
- Metaphor:ARITHMETIC IS OBJECT CONSTRUCTION
- Metaphor:ASSESSING IS MEASURING
- Metaphor:ASSISTANCE IS SUPPORT
- Metaphor:ATTRIBUTES ARE ENTITIES
- Metaphor:ATTRIBUTES ARE POSSESSIONS
- Metaphor:BAD IS STINKY
- Metaphor:BEING WEALTHY IS BEING FREE
- Metaphor:BELIEFS ARE POSSESSIONS
- Metaphor:BUSINESSES ARE LIVING ENTITIES
- Metaphor:CATEGORIES ARE BOUNDED REGIONS
- Metaphor:CAUSATION IS AGENTIVE CAUSATION
- Metaphor:CAUSATION IS OBJECT TRANSFER
- Metaphor:CAUSE INCREASE IN QUANTITY IS CAUSE UPWARD MOTION
- Metaphor:CAUSES ARE FORCES
- Metaphor:CERTAIN IS FIRM
- Metaphor:CHANGE IN MOOD IS VERTICAL MOVEMENT
- Metaphor:CHANGE IS ACQUISITION
- Metaphor:COGNIZING IS BODILY FUNCTIONING
- Metaphor:COGNIZING IS EATING
- Metaphor:COMMUNICATING IS FEEDING
- Metaphor:COMMUNICATING IS OBJECT TRANSFER
- Metaphor:COMMUNICATING IS SHOWING
- Metaphor:COMPULSION IS A COMPELLING FORCE
- Metaphor:CONSCIOUSNESS IS VERTICALITY
- Metaphor:CONSTITUENTS ARE CONTENTS
- Metaphor:CONTROL IS A BOUNDED REGION
- Metaphor:CONTROL IS PHYSICAL RESTRAINT
- Metaphor:CONTROL IS UP
- Metaphor:CONTROL IS VERTICALITY
- Metaphor:CREATING IS MAKING
- Metaphor:DECREASE IN QUANTITY IS DOWNWARD MOTION
- Metaphor:DEGREE IS DISTANCE ALONG A PATH
- Metaphor:DEGREE OF SIMILARITY IS DEGREE OF PROXIMITY
- Metaphor:DESIRE IS HUNGER
- Metaphor:DIFFERENT MEANS OF ACHIEVING A PURPOSE ARE DIFFERENT PATHS TO A DESTINATION
- Metaphor:DIFFICULTIES IN KNOWING ARE VISUAL OBSTRUCTIONS
- Metaphor:DIFFICULTY IS HARDNESS
- Metaphor:DIFFICULTY IS HEAVINESS
- Metaphor:DIFFICULTY IS PHYSICAL STRUGGLE
- Metaphor:DISTINGUISHING IS DIVIDING
- Metaphor:EASE OF ACTION IS EASE OF MOTION ALONG A PATH
- Metaphor:EDUCATION IS A RESOURCE
- Metaphor:EMOTION IS PRESSURE IN A CONTAINER
- Metaphor:EMOTIONAL INTENSITY IS TEMPERATURE
- Metaphor:EMOTIONAL INTIMACY IS PHYSICAL PROXIMITY
- Metaphor:EMOTIONALLY INDIFFERENT IS COLD
- Metaphor:EMOTIONALLY INTENSE IS HOT
- Metaphor:EMOTIONALLY MILD IS EXPERIENCING MILD TEMPERATURE
- Metaphor:EMOTIONS ARE OBJECTS
- Metaphor:END OF AN ACTION IS THE END OF A PATH
- Metaphor:ENVIRONMENTAL HARM IS PHYSICAL INJURY
- Metaphor:ESSENTIAL IS INTERNAL
- Metaphor:EVENTS ARE OBJECTS
- Metaphor:EVIL IS DARK
- Metaphor:EXISTING IS BEING PHYSICALLY AT THIS LOCATION
- Metaphor:EXPERIENCE OF A STATE IS SPATIAL RELATION WITH AN ENTITY
- Metaphor:EXPERIENCING A STATE IS POSSESSING AN OBJECT
- Metaphor:FORCE TRANSFER IS OBJECT TRANSFER
- Metaphor:FUNCTIONALITY IS VERTICALITY
- Metaphor:FUTURE IS AHEAD
- Metaphor:GOODNESS IS LIGHT
- Metaphor:GROUPS ARE CONTAINERS
- Metaphor:GROUPS ARE PART-WHOLE STRUCTURES
- Metaphor:HAPPINESS IS VERTICALITY
- Metaphor:HEALTH IS UP
- Metaphor:HEALTH IS VERTICALITY
- Metaphor:HELP IS PHYSICAL SUPPORT
- Metaphor:HIGH STATUS IS UP
- Metaphor:IDEAS ARE FOOD
- Metaphor:IDEAS ARE OBJECTS
- Metaphor:IMPEDIMENTS TO ACTION ARE ANTAGONISTIC FORCES
- Metaphor:IMPORTANCE IS SIZE
- Metaphor:IMPORTANCE IS WEIGHT
- Metaphor:IMPORTANT IS CENTRAL
- Metaphor:IMPROVEMENT IN MOOD IS UPWARD MOTION
- Metaphor:INCREASE IN QUANTITY IS UPWARD MOTION
- Metaphor:INFORMATION IS CONTENTS
- Metaphor:KNOWING IS PERCEIVING
- Metaphor:LESS IS DOWN
- Metaphor:LIFE IS A SEQUENCE OF MOTIONS
- Metaphor:LIFE IS VERTICALITY
- Metaphor:MANNER OF ACTION IS MANNER OF MOVEMENT
- Metaphor:MIND IS A BODY
- Metaphor:MIND IS A CONTAINER
- Metaphor:MORALITY IS A STRAIGHT PATH
- Metaphor:MORALITY IS STRAIGHTNESS
- Metaphor:MORE IS UP
- Metaphor:MULTIPLICITY IS MASS
- Metaphor:NONVISUAL PERCEPTUAL SPACE IS PHYSICAL SPACE
- Metaphor:NOW IS HERE
- Metaphor:OPPORTUNITIES ARE OBJECTS
- Metaphor:OPPORTUNITIES ARE PATHS
- Metaphor:PASSION IS HEAT
- Metaphor:PAST IS BEHIND
- Metaphor:POSITIVITY IS VERTICALITY
- Metaphor:PROGRESS IS FORWARD MOTION ALONG A PATH
- Metaphor:PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM IS PHYSICAL INJURY
- Metaphor:PURPOSEFUL ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION TO A DESTINATION
- Metaphor:QUALITIES ARE SUBSTANCES
- Metaphor:RELATEDNESS IS PROXIMITY
- Metaphor:RELATIONSHIP IS A BOUNDED REGION IN SPACE
- Metaphor:RELATIONSHIPS ARE OBJECTS
- Metaphor:RESOURCE IS A LIQUID
- Metaphor:SAD IS DOWN
- Metaphor:SCALES ARE PATHS
- Metaphor:SEEING IS TOUCHING
- Metaphor:SICKNESS IS DOWN
- Metaphor:SOCIAL GROUP IS A BOUNDED REGION
- Metaphor:STATES ARE PHYSICAL OBJECTS
- Metaphor:SUBJUGATION IS DOWN
- Metaphor:SYMPATHY IS WARMTH
- Metaphor:THINKING IS LINGUISTIC ACTIVITY
- Metaphor:THINKING IS MOVING
- Metaphor:THINKING IS PERCEIVING
- Metaphor:THINKING IS SPEAKING
- Metaphor:TIME IS A RESOURCE
- Metaphor:TIME IS A SUBSTANCE
- Metaphor:TIME PERIODS ARE CONTAINERS
- Metaphor:UNCONSCIOUS IS DOWN
- Metaphor:UNDERSTANDING IS DIGESTING
- Metaphor:UNDERSTANDING IS GRASPING
- Metaphor:VISUAL FIELD IS A CONTAINER
- Metaphor:WELL-BEING IS VERTICALITY
- Metaphor:WHOLES ARE CONTAINERS
- Metaphor:WHOLES ARE POSSESSORS
- Metaphor:WORDS ARE CONTAINERS
- Metaphor:WORSENING MOOD IS DOWNWARD MOTION
Metaphors marked as both primary and complex
- ACHIEVING A PURPOSE IS ACQUIRING A DESIRED OBJECT
- CAUSATION IS OBJECT TRANSFER
- COMMUNICATING IS OBJECT TRANSFER
- CONTROL IS PHYSICAL RESTRAINT
- EMOTION IS PRESSURE IN A CONTAINER
- EVIL IS DARK
- GOODNESS IS LIGHT
- LIFE IS A SEQUENCE OF MOTIONS
- TIME IS A RESOURCE
