Since metaphor research has had a long history,it is essential to have an overview of the representatives of each period with their theories.In this paper,we have given a general review of metaphor research from ancient times to the modern days.For reasons of scope and space,we concentrate on the grammatical metaphor. Since metaphor research has had a long history, it is essential to have an overview of the representatives of each period with their theories. In this paper, we have given a general review of metaphor research from ancient times to the modern days. For reasons of scope and space, we concentrate on the grammatical metaphor