| Target Domain (Mode) | Source Domain (Mode) | Projected Feature |
1 | COVID-19 (verbal) | Tsunami (pictorial) | “dangerous, disastrous” |
Plan to open school (verbal) | Sandcastle (pictorial) | “fragile”, ”unreliable”, | |
2 | COVID-19 (verbal) | Crocodile (pictorial) | “life-threatening force” |
3 | COVID-19 (verbal) | Huge opening mouth (pictorial) | “dangerous”, “life-threatening” |
Economy (verbal) | Ship on the beach (pictorial) | “stagnate and unable to move forward” | |
4 | Turning point of infection curve (verbal & pictorial) | Peak of a snow mountain (verbal & pictorial) | “hard to reach” |
5 | COVID-19 (verbal & pictorial) | Poisonous apple (pictorial) | “deadly poisonous” |
6 | COVID-19 (verbal & pictorial) | Trouble (pictorial) | “troublesome, unwelcome” |