摘要: The “dead” metaphor view of idiomaticity suggests that idioms were once metaphoric but have lost their metaphoricity over time and now are equivalent to simple literal phrases such blow your stack = “to get very angry,” crack the whip exert authority,” spill beans reveal a secret.” purpose present studies was demonstrate not dead metaphors more complex meanings motivated by conceptual linking idiom with figurative interpretations. Six experiments reported examine difference between paraphrases. A first study examined people's intuitions about different knowledge domains illustrate consistent source-to-target domain mappings motivate these phrases' meanings. data from Experiments 2 3 indicate people as having than do roughly, 4 through 6 show most appropriate use easiest comprehend when they encountered in discourse situations entailments idiomatic findings suggest Instead, independently existing partly constitutive everyday thought.