Sentence 1: I saw my sweetheart today, so I’m on cloud nine! Target domain: Happy Frame name: Emotions This sentence describes the situation of a person who has seen his sweetheart today and he is very happy. The general metaphor for this sentence is ??˜happy is up’. The meaning of the metaphor in this sentence is that the person is feeling up and that he is in high spirits. The structure of the sentence implies that the person has seen his sweetheart after a long time and he is very emotional. He is describing his state by using a metaphor.