| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Review of Metaphor | 第13-39页 |
| ·Metaphor Conception | 第13-28页 |
| ·Definition and Classification of Metaphor | 第13-21页 |
| ·Mapping Theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Systematicity of Metaphor | 第22-28页 |
| ·Metaphor Study | 第28-39页 |
| ·The Rhetoric Study of Metaphor | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Semantic Study of Metaphor | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Grammatical Study of Metaphor | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Study of Metaphor | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Cognitive Study of Metaphor | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter 3 The Interpretation of Metaphors in English Idioms | 第39-80页 |
| ·Views on English Idioms | 第39-52页 |
| ·Definition and Classification of English Idioms | 第39-42页 |
| ·Non-compositonality and Compositionality of English Idioms | 第42-44页 |
| ·Study of English Idioms | 第44-52页 |
| ·The Interpretation of Structure Metaphors in English Idioms | 第52-63页 |
| ·Internal Systematicity among Derivative Metaphors of the Same Root Metaphor in English Idioms | 第53-58页 |
| ·External Systematicity among Root Metaphors in English Idioms | 第58-63页 |
| ·The Interpretation of Orientational Metaphors in English Idioms | 第63-70页 |
| ·Mapping from Orientational Domain onto Quantity Domain | 第63-64页 |
| ·Mapping from Orientational Domain onto Society Hierarchy Domain | 第64-66页 |
| ·Mapping from Orientational Domain onto Time Domain | 第66-68页 |
| ·Mapping from Orientational Domain onto State Domain | 第68-70页 |
| ·The Interpretation of Ontological Metaphors in English Idioms | 第70-75页 |
| ·The Tenor Appearing in English Idioms | 第72-73页 |
| ·The Tenor Not Appearing in English Idioms | 第73-75页 |
| ·The Interpretation of Container Metaphors in English Idioms | 第75-80页 |
| ·Tenors are Containers with Clear Boundaries | 第76-78页 |
| ·Tenors are Containers with Obscure or Abstract Boundaries | 第78-80页 |
| Chapter 4 Conclusion | 第80-83页 |
| Works Cited | 第83-87页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果 | 第87页 |
