无论英语还是汉语都存在着大量的隐喻现象,随着隐喻研究的进一步完善,隐喻不仅被视为是一种简单的修辞手段,而是上升到了认知的高度。人们的情感往往是抽象的或难以表达的,因此人们往往将情感隐喻化,以生动地表达。由此我们可以得出隐喻不仅仅是人们认知和思维的工具,而且在情感概念中也起到了巨大作用。本文试从中英表达情感的角度出发,分析中英情感隐喻的异同,以及导致这种不同的原因。 There is a great deal of metaphor in both English and Chinese. With the improvement of metaphor research, metaphor is not only regarded as a simple rhetorical device but also elevated to the level of cognition. People’s emotions are often abstract or difficult to express, so people often metaphor the emotion to vividly express. From this we can conclude that metaphor is not only a tool for people’s cognition and thinking, but also plays a huge role in the concept of emotion. This article attempts to analyze the similarities and differences between Chinese and English emotional metaphors and the causes of this difference, from the perspective of expressing emotion in China and Britain.