Ch.8-2 BODY PART METONYMIES in Taiwanese Southern Min Based on 閩南語的身體譬喻與代喻 by 林清淵 【本著作除另有註明外,採取創用 CC 「姓名標示 -非商業性-相同方式分享」台灣 3.0 版授權釋出】 The “Work” under the Creative Commons Taiwan 3.0 License of “BY-NC-SA”. 授課老師:蘇以文 I-wen Su
What are the body parts for? Body part for function Body part for person
Mouth for Speech 出一張嘴 (offer a mouth => only talk and no action/ talk is cheap) 插嘴 (insert mouth => interrupt) 嘴很甜 (mouth is sweet=> sweet talk/ sweet tongue) 有耳無口 (all ear (no mouth) > Just listen) 鑽石嘴 (a diamond mouth => sweet talk )
Ear 臭耳儂 (smelly ears => deaf) 耳空輕 (ears are light => a person who bends with the wind or goes with the crowd) Blogspot CYCLONE
Eye Eye for Knowledge 大小目 (big-small-eyed => snobbish) 白目 (white-eyed => idiot/ stupid) Flickr Tim in sanhazzay Chris Cactus
Hand and foot 腳手緊 (The feet and hands are fast => a person who is agile) 腳手慢 (The feet and hands are slow => a person who acts slowly) 收腳洗手 (washing hands and feet => washing one’s hands of something) 絆手絆腳 (to stumble one’s hands and feet => to stand in the way; to be cumbersome)
Face 人面闊 (broad face => person with good social network) 面色 (face color => complexion/ facial expressions) 撕破臉 (to tear the face => to openly confront someone) Flickr Quasimondo
Head 沒頭神 (no head spirit => absent-minded) 沒頭殼 (no [head] skull => no brain) Flickr cesarharada.com
For people Head 頭家 (boss/ husband) 工頭 (foreman) Foot 厝腳 (a tenant a landlord 厝頭家 )
For people Hand 黑手 (black hands=> a repairman) 運轉手 (a driver) Mouth 人口 (population) 口 => people 活口 (survivors of a murder case)
For emotion Joy 嘴笑目笑 (to smile from eyes to mouth => very happy) Worry 憂頭結面 (to make a long face with knitted eyebrows/ to wear a sad face) Sowwor 面憂憂 (someone with a sorrowful face) Fear 腳手冷 (The hands and feet are cold =>do not have the heart to do something)
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