List of metaphors

• a nation is a body129

• acidity is a high-pitched sound136–137

• acidity is a sound137

• acidity is light136–137

• acquiring knowledge is eating158

• affecting is touching48, 57

• affection is warmth171

• alcohol/acidity is heat138

• an aid to knowing is a light source47

• argument is war170–171, 173, 214

• asking for a loan is touching48

• bad is smelly6, 335, 338

• bad smell is bad character78

• becoming bad (spoiling, corrupting) is smelling48, 56

• becoming instinctively aware of/guessing something is smelling something335

• being a relative is being touched by somebody48

• being involved is having to see48

• being oblivious is not to smell48

• being receptive is hearing48

• being told is hearing48, 58

• being trained is being heard48

• causation is forced motion172

• causes are forces343–344

• causing smell is transferring the object340

• change is motion11, Chapter 9

• communicating is showing48

• communication is sending305

• considering is seeing47, 49

• considering is touching48–49

• dealing with is touching48

• domain of control is range of vision48

• emotion is feeling336–337

• emotion is perception157, 333, 336–337

• emotion is smell157–158, 336–337

• emotion is taste157–159, 337–338

• emotion is touch157–158, 336–337

• emotional effect is physical contact156, 336

• escorting is seeing47

• evaluation is smell48, 322

• existence is being in a container340, 341, 344

• existence is possession340

• experiencing is tasting159

• (causing) existence is transfer340

• experiencing something is tasting48

• falling to somebody to do something is being touched48

• finding out is seeing47

• foreseeing is seeing47, 49

• form is motion173

• getting on badly with somebody is being unable to see47

• guessing (realising) is smelling48, 56, 77–78, 335, 343

• having a relationship is seeing somebody47, 49

• having an agreement is hearing48

• having negative feelings is smelling48

• hearing to knowing288–289, 294, 299

• ideas are (physical, solid, manipulable) objects214, 225

• ideas are food158, 214

• ideas are locations225

• imagining is seeing47, 49

• impediments to knowledge are impediments to vision47

• institution for the people who work in the institution68

• intense smell is a strong physical force342

• intensity is brightness341–342

• intensity is quantity342

• intensity is sharpness341–342

• intensity is strength341–344

• intensity of smell is quantity of a substance341

• intensity of smell is the degree of brightness of light341–342

• investigating (searching) is smelling/sniffing around2, 48–50, 56, 77–78

• keys, meters, rhythms are locations172

• knowing from a ‘perspective’ is seeing from a point of view47

• knowing is hearing48

• knowing is seeing47, 328

• knowing is tasting6, 48, 159

• light touch136

• light weight9, 166

• love and friendship74

• love is a journey45–46, 214

• making sure is seeing47

• meeting with somebody is seeing somebody47

• mind is a body214

• mind is a container214, 225

• mind is a tool225

• mind is an entity225

• mind-as-body47, 87, 356

• musical changes are changes of location172

• negative evaluation is bad smell322

• noticing is hearing48

• obeying is hearing48–49

• obeying is seeing48

• organisation is physical structure131

• paying a visit is seeing somebody47

• paying attention / heeding is hearing48

• paying attention is looking at48

• persuading is touching48

• pleasant is sweet338

• pleasure is sweet113

• producing a feeling is tasting (enjoying/disliking)48

• prophesying is smelling48

• reaching is touching48

• refraining is seeing48

• sadness is down119–120

• seeing is hearing328

• seeing is touching328, 356

• seeing is understanding47, 49, 239, 304, 313

• seeing to knowing47, 286, 289, 294, 299, 328

• sensing (knowing intuitively) is smelling48, 56, 59, 134, 212, 342–343

• sensing an intense smell is coming into contact with a strong physical force342

• sensing is contact343

• showing contempt is sniffing48

• skill is located on one’s arm306

• smell is a physical force342

• smell is a substance340

• smell is an object340

• smell is touch/feeling342

• smell is vision342

• smelling is mental detection78

• someone’s preference (favour) is someone’s taste48, 306

• source of smell is a surface340

• states are locations172

• studying / examining is seeing47

• suffering is seeing48

• suspicion is smelling4, 6, 10, 12, 48, 58–59, 335, 338, 343

• taking care is seeing/looking after 47

• taking something seriously is listening48

• tannins are cloth138

• taste to smell106, 117, 119

• the existence of smell is for the substance to be in the container340–341

• the existence of smell is the possession of an object340

• the experiencer of an intense smell is a person coming into abrupt physical contact with a strong physical force342

• the general atmosphere is an olfactory percept6, Chapter 16

• the general atmosphere of something is a gustatory perception336

• the general atmosphere of something is a spiritual perception336

• the general atmosphere of something is a tactile perception335

• the general atmosphere of something is a visual perception336

• the general atmosphere of something is an auditory perception335

• the general atmosphere of something is an olfactory perception48, 77, 335

• the object/location that has the smell is a container340

• thinking is perceiving150

• thinking is weighing225

• time is motion11, Chapter 9

• touching is tasting159

• understanding is grasping47

• understanding is hearing48

• understanding is seeing47, 49, 304, 313

• unpleasant is bitter/sour/bad tasting338

• wines are (animate) organic beings132–134

• wines are (inanimate) 3d artefacts132–134

• wines are buildings131–132

• wines are containers131–132

• wines are geometrical artefacts131–132

• wines are human beings131–132

• wines are living organisms129, 131–132

• wines are organic beings133

• wines are textiles132, 134

• witnessing is seeing48–49

• yoghurt/facial cream is cloth138