Table 1.

Examples of metaphorical identification of various mental states.

Mental problem	Frequent metaphor	Example sentence
Anxiousness	Hit, present, join	The poor of property cannot hit me, but a boring life can
	Chase, clean, tough	Maybe there will be many difficulties in the way I chase my dream
Inferiority	Support, independent	All these support his spirit of “learning insatiably”
	Enter, guide, control	I know in this process some trouble will defeat me