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

og’zingiz to’la qon
 
HORNY ANIMAL IS STRONG PERSON 
It is familiar concept for us, as we have seen similar concepts earlier in previous 
paragraph like TAKING THE BULL BY THE HORNS IS A BRAVE ACT. So 
there is the same concept: bull has horns and the word ‘brave’ represent that the 
general idea is similar 
Uzbek
English 
Note 
Hoy bola yoshlik qilma, 
keyin 
shoxing 
sinib 
qoladi 
Shoxing
ni 
qayirib 
qo’ymay tag’in 
- 
- 
- 
Evy took the bull by the 
horns
There 
exists 
similar 
conceptual metaphor, yet 
they are expressed with 
different notions in the 
each languages 
UNMARRIED PERSON IS PERSON WHOSE EYE HAS NOT OPENED YET 
While this conceptual metaphor is common in Uzbek, it exists in English 
too. The cognition here can be traced to an infant. When a new baby comes to the 
world its eyes are closed, and mouth is open. This scene referred to the condition 
which has not been experienced or the person who is fresh to something or is 
naïve.
Uzbek 
English 
O’g’lingiz 
ko’z ochmagan
yigit 
bo’lsa.. 
Bu haqiqiy tajriba bo’ldi 
no metaphor
You are so naïve – no metaphor 
Living in another country can be 
a real 
eye-opener
. 
This utterance was given by that mother-in-law whose son killed in the war 
to the ‘sovchi’s, emphasizing their son hasn’t married yet. There is mentality 
element comprising customs of Uzbeks. If a man who has not married yet weds to 

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a woman who has already married, this is considered as humiliating. While in 
western mentality this situation can be considered as normal. Admittedly, in some 
societies and perception this can be considered a bit shameful there too, but in our 
mentality this is mostly shameful. In the English language, there is an expression 
‘eye-opener’. If we look up dictionary there is given a definition as following: