Conceptual Metaphor Universals in English and Uzbek

Metaphors have long been topic of interest for the scientists of many spheres. Recent emerge of cognitive linguistics gave life to a new approach to metaphors, researching them from different angles. Thus, metaphors have been studies from anthropocentric viewpoint, where human factor plays an important role in the formation and development of any kind of linguistic and cognitive units. In the article the conceptual metaphor theory along with cognitive metaphor universals have been analyzed in the case of the English and Uzbek languages