| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-12页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第13页 |
| ·Methodology of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第14-15页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第15-25页 |
| ·The definition of idioms | 第15-17页 |
| ·Various approaches to idioms | 第17-24页 |
| ·The traditional approach | 第18-19页 |
| ·The compositional approach | 第19-22页 |
| ·The cognitive approach | 第22-24页 |
| ·Previous studies on food idioms | 第24-25页 |
| 3. Theoretical Framework | 第25-32页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphors and metaphorical expressions | 第25-27页 |
| ·Experiential bases of conceptual metaphors | 第27-29页 |
| ·Metaphorical mappings between source domains and target domains | 第29-32页 |
| 4. Conceptual Metaphors in English and Chinese Food Idioms | 第32-62页 |
| ·HUMAN BEINGS ARE FOOD | 第32-42页 |
| ·PEOPLE WITH SPECIFIC TRAITS ARE FOOD WITH CORRESPONDING FEATURES | 第32-35页 |
| ·PEOPLE WITH SPECIFIC TRAITS ARE FOOD OF PARTICULAR KINDS | 第35-38页 |
| ·INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS ARE RELATIONS BETWEEN FOOD AND SOMETHING RELATED | 第38-39页 |
| ·TREATING PEOPLE IS HAVING/COOKING/FEEDING FOOD | 第39-42页 |
| ·HUMAN EMOTION IS FOOD | 第42-46页 |
| ·JOY IS PALATABLE FOOD; PAIN IS UNPALATABLE FOOD | 第42-44页 |
| ·CRAZINESS/ANGER IS FOOD | 第44页 |
| ·LOVE IS FOOD | 第44-45页 |
| ·JEALOUSY/HATRED IS VINEGAR | 第45页 |
| ·HARBOR/NG HATE/SORROWS IS EATING FOOD | 第45页 |
| ·BEING SURPRISED IS EATING | 第45-46页 |
| ·HUMAN SPEECH/BEHAVIOR IS FOOD | 第46-49页 |
| ·PLEASANT SPEECH/BEHAVIOR IS PALATABLE FOOD;UNPLEASANT SPEECH/BEHAVIOR IS UNPALATABLE FOOD | 第47-48页 |
| ·UNPLEASANT SPEECH/BEHAVIOR IS FOOD IN MESS | 第48页 |
| ·CONSIDERING HUMAN SPEECH/BEHAVIOR IS CHEWING FOOD | 第48-49页 |
| ·LIFE IS FOOD | 第49-51页 |
| ·YOUTH IS SALAD/SWEET | 第49页 |
| ·EXPERIENCING IS EATING | 第49-50页 |
| ·EXPERIENCING A LOT IS HAVING EATEN ENOUGH | 第50-51页 |
| ·BENEFIT/LOSS IS FOOD | 第51-53页 |
| ·IMPORTANCE/VALUE IS FOOD | 第53-54页 |
| ·SITUATION IS FOOD | 第54-55页 |
| ·KNOWLEDGE IS FOOD | 第55-57页 |
| ·MONEY IS FOOD | 第57-58页 |
| ·RESULT IS FOOD | 第58-59页 |
| ·ENERGY IS FOOD | 第59页 |
| ·HUMAN TEMPERAMENT IS FOOD | 第59-60页 |
| ·NATION IS FOOD | 第60-61页 |
| ·LIVELIHOOD IS FOOD | 第61-62页 |
| 5. Contrastive Analysis of the Conceptual Metaphors in the Corpus | 第62-69页 |
| ·Comparison of the conceptual metaphors in the corpus | 第62-65页 |
| ·Comparison of source domains in the corpus | 第65-69页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第69-71页 |
| ·Major findings of the study | 第69页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第69-70页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第70-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-73页 |
