What is a causing-anger-as-trespassing metaphor?

What is a causing-anger-as-trespassing metaphor?

Definition
	A conventional metaphor in which causing anger is represented as violation of territory.

Examples
	Here are some examples in English:
	You're beginning to get tome. Leave me alone! This is where I draw the line! Don't step on my toes!

Generic
	A causing-anger-as-trespassing metaphor is a kind of
	What is a metaphor for cause of anger?

Source
	Kovecses 1986

Context for this page:

Concept module: causing-anger-as-trespassing metaphor
In modular book: Metaphors in English, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H. Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Lexicon

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