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TARGET DOMAIN IS SOURCE DOMAIN
HAPPY IS UP
After some expressions, where the metaphorical
implications may not be immediately obvious, I shall give a
brief explanation in brackets after an ‘equals’ (=) sign. The
conventional meaning of most of the idioms given in the
following sections may be found in the Larousse Diccionario
Práctico de Locuciones (1998) and in the Oxford Dictionary of
English Idioms (1993).
POWER IS UP
This metaphorical concept is extremely common in the
Spanish and English languages. What could its experiential
grounding be? First, it is most probably based on the fact that
children literally grow up and look up to their taller and
stronger elders. Over the millennia, height and physical
strength have almost certainly been a better guarantee of
survival than smaller stature, especially in males, in their role
as providers and defenders of females and offspring. In sky
above us, we see the sun rise every day and other celestial
bodies moving along paths that we cannot control. And until
just over a century ago, we have been unable to compete with
the aeronautical supremacy of birds and other flying creatures.
Here are some linguistic expressions of the POWER IS UP
metaphor.
English
He has the upper hand.
She is a tower of strength.
He shouldered that burden.
I don’t know how he puts up with it.
This remedy has stood the test of time.
I can’t stand it any longer (The verb “stand,” with its
implications of maintaining an upright position over time, has
come to mean “bear” or “cope with”).
Spanish
Tiene muchas responsabilidades sobre los hombros.
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