按照认知语言学的观点 ,隐喻是人类生存的主要的和基本的方式 ,是可以脱离人的自然语言而独立存在的一种思维手段 ,而不仅仅是语言的词语表达形式。因此可以认为 ,人们时时处处都在进行隐喻 ,包括使用言语隐喻和非言语隐喻。我们在本文中想进一步说明 ,至少“委婉”也不仅仅是语言修辞手段和词语表达形式 ,它也是一种人类的思维和行为方式 ,同样也存在着“非言语委婉” According to the view of cognitive linguistics, metaphor is the main and basic way of human existence, a kind of thinking method that can exist independently of human natural language, not just the form of language expression. Therefore, one can argue that people are always engaged in metaphor, including the use of speech metaphors and nonverbal metaphors. In this paper, we would like to further explain that at least “euphemism” is not merely a rhetorical device of speech and a form of expression of words. It is also a kind of human way of thinking and behavior. There is also “euphemism”