Masharipov jahongir axmedovich conceptual analysis of the components of metaphor with the elements of mentality in english and uzbek

aped
 
teacher’s snarling manner when they spoke to each other 
So don’t 
monkey
around with it 
The impacting mentality element here is fauna. This conceptual metaphor is 
also a prevalent one. The monkey has an attribute of mimicking, teasing. Or at 
least by humans this concept is put forwarded in fairy-tales, stories and myths. 
English 
Uzbek 
-
They 
aped
 
teacher’s snarling 
manner when they spoke to 
each other 
-
So don’t 
monkey
around with 
it 
-
Nima 
meni 
maymun 
qilmoqhimisan?! 
-
Maymun bo’laverma! 
HAPPINESS IS LIQUID IN A CONTAINER 
Sometimes his happiness was so 
overflowing
 that he couldn’t hold it.. 
As Kovecses [21;163]contends that the same conceptual metaphor is 
commonplace not only in English, but also in Chinese, Hungarian and even in the 
Uzbek language. The factor motivating the mentality element here is mighty forces 
(in our instance it is water) 
QUICK GLANCE IS STEALING 
This is quite astonishing conceptual metaphor, because in one glance there 
seems to be no similarity at all. But if we contemplate deeper, this conceptual 
metaphor makes a sense. Just imagine you are looking at something quickly, which 

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you do not want to be noticed. Good. Now imagine a thief trying to steal 
something… does he look directly the thing which he wants to steal?! The answer 
in most cases is no! As he or she is not willing to be caught with even his sight.
Once she 
stole a look
 at her mother 
In Uzbek there is similar equivalent like: 
U onasiga