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Ideas Are Objects
- 1 Sally gave the idea to Sam. - 2 Sally took the idea from Sam. - 3 Sally traded ideas with Sam. - 4 Sally sold the idea to the highest bidder. - 5 IBM bought the idea from him. - 6 Sally has an idea. - 7 Sally put the idea aside. - 8 Sally threw the idea at Sam. - 9 Sally lost her idea. - 11 Sally found an idea in the book. - 12 Sally carries that idea around with her all the time. - 13 Sally searched for an idea all day. Some of these attributes are mapped to the target domain of Ideas via several specific metaphors: e.g. Heavy is Serious, Important is Big. Note: 1 Let him polish that idea a little and bring it back to us.2 I get the rough idea.3 That idea is still rough around the edges, why don't you fix it? The Mind Is A Container For Objects - 1 I can't get this idea out of my mind. - 2 What did you have in mind? Thinking Is Possessing An Object - 1 I have an idea. Thinking Is Manipulating An Object - 1 I'm playing with the idea of a trip to Hawaii. - 2 I've been turning it over in my mind. -- 1 I got it. -- 2 I grasped the idea. -- 3 I have a firm grasp of the subject. -- 1 It's a slippery concept. -- 2 I grasped the idea. -- 3 I'm all thumbs at algebra. -- 4 The idea slipped through my fingers. -- 5 That theory is out of my reach. -- 6 That idea is above me. -- 7 Algebra is beyond my grasp. -- 8 Algebra is over my head. Memory Is A Container For Objects Note: - retrieve - recall - 1 I took in everything I was told - 1 I soaked in everything the teacher said. - 2 He has a mind like a sponge. - 1 He has a thirst for knowledge. - 1 He's a good lecturer; I just drink in the information. - 1 His criticism really stuck in my craw. - 2 She's starving for recognition. - 3 Tell her more, she's really eating it up. - 4 She drank in their praise. Thinking Is Approaching The Object -- 1 The idea suddenly came to me. -- 1 It escaped my grasp. -- 2 It went over my head. -- 3 It flew by me, -- 4 It went by me. -- 1 He threw us curve balls. -- 2 The ideas are coming too fast. -- 3 The teacher threw too many things at us at once. Thinking Is Building/forming/shaping Memorizing Is Forming Memories Compatibility Of Ideas Is Compatibility Of Shape - 1 What you're saying fits in with my thinking - 2 That idea formed the basis for my belief - 3 Your theory has shaped/reshaped my views Note: have a compatibility of shape. |
