Yeah but, once you memorize them, the metaphors are pervasive and follow common patterns. I think having a similarly-metaphorical language helps taking cues from context. I haven&#x27;t seen it taking ten years or so to memorize them.<p>Phrasal verbs on the other hand? A nightmare! I&#x27;ve been speaking English &quot;fluently&quot; for more than 15 years and I still struggle with them.<p>There&#x27;s definitely some overlap of metaphors in western languages though, and English culture influence over western media helps establishing those metaphors too (we don&#x27;t use &quot;blue&quot; as &quot;sad&quot; in our language, but it&#x27;s not hard for us to relate to it since it&#x27;s in so many songs).