--- title: Moving with Metaphor - Keeping your Trap Shut description: Moving with Metaphors with Dale Turnbull, Metaphors for Change examples image: https://metaphorsofmovement.us/hubfs/Metaphors%20of%20Movement%20(22).png --- [Skip to content](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/metaphorsofmovementblog/moving-with-metaphor-keeping-your-trap-shut#main-content) ![Insta Logos (1)](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/hubfs/Insta%20Logos%20(1).png) - Metaphors of Movement Courses - [Metaphors of Movement Levels 1&2](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/metaphors-of-movement-levels-1-2) - [Metaphors of Movement Levels 4 &5 - Business and Money](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/metaphors-of-movement-levels-4-and-5) - Workshops - [Leveraging Metaphorical Communication for a Change](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/leveraging-metaphorical-communication-for-a-change-landing-page) - [Communicating Identity](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/communicating-identity) - Advanced Development - [Mentoring Plan](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/metaphors-of-movement-mentoring) - [Practice Group](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/metaphors-of-movement-practice-group) - [Blog](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/metaphorsofmovementblog) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. # Moving with Metaphor - Keeping your Trap Shut [Dale Turnbull](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/metaphorsofmovementblog/author/dale-turnbull) Sep 1, 2024, 9:00:00 AM   Welcome to Moving with Metaphors. Monthly Case Studies of Metaphors of Movement using real life examples. See below for a list of idioms from the discussion. I welcome all comments and observations. ![MoM Video - Explanation-1](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/hs-fs/hubfs/MoM%20Video%20-%20Explanation-1.png?width=400&height=300&name=MoM%20Video%20-%20Explanation-1.png)   **A Painful Experience not being able to enjoy food.** I did a demonstration with a cleint who was having pain in his jaw. Now I had never work with pain using the Metaphors of Movement work. So I said to myself... Why not... let's see what happens. **Note**: Before I started, I did ask the  client if this issue seemed to be due to a real physical medical problem. He confirmed that he didn't think it was and believed it to be psychophomatic. **Idioms** **Hands keeping mouth closed** - Keep your trap shut - Keep your mouth shut - Speechless - Can't express myself - I can't open up - Hold it in - Keep it together - Not opening up - I just feel closed - Someone is stopping your from opening up - Nothing to shout about - Isn't jaw dropping - You haven't got a grip they have - They are handing thing, or rather they are handling you - Man handling you - Hold your tongue **Left** - You've left this person to handel you this way - They are left handling it - You are right - You are right in taking this position - You've left them to one side **Food** - You look forward to being nourished - What you look forward to can be consumed - You've got a appetite for what's ahead. - There are a variety of things in front of you that have a place. - You can open up to whats infront of you. - It could be said that this position is starving you. - It's stopping you from recieving what's right infront of you. **Sitting** - Taking it sitting down - Just sitting on your arse - Support is a bummer - You've got stable suppot - Don't have to support yourself - Your support keeps you in a lot place - Support allows the person to handle you in this way. - Not taking a stand - Not supporting yourself - Not supporting your position - Not standing tall   [Metaphors of Movement](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/metaphorsofmovementblog/tag/metaphors-of-movement) [Movement with Metaphors](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/metaphorsofmovementblog/tag/movement-with-metaphors) ## Leave a Comment ## Related Posts ### [![Moving with Metaphor - Reaching the Peak](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/hubfs/Metaphors%20of%20Movement%20(21).png) Aug 11, 2024, 9:12:54 AM Moving with Metaphor - Reaching the Peak](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/metaphorsofmovementblog/moving-with-metaphor-reaching-the-peak) ### [![Walking with Idioms - Quicksand](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/hubfs/Metaphors%20of%20Movement%20(24).png) Aug 18, 2024, 12:57:51 PM Walking with Idioms - Quicksand](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/metaphorsofmovementblog/walking-with-idioms-quicksand) ### [![Demos with Dale - Outstanding in his field but he can't Progress](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/hubfs/Metaphors%20of%20Movement%20(16).png) Aug 4, 2024, 10:31:42 AM Demos with Dale - Outstanding in his field but he can't Progress](https://metaphorsofmovement.us/metaphorsofmovementblog/demos-with-dale-outstanding-in-his-field-but-he-cant-progress) © 2026 DT Training and Coaching ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Dale Turnbull", "url" : "https://metaphorsofmovement.us/metaphorsofmovementblog/author/dale-turnbull" }, "dateModified" : "2024-09-10T02:41:57.949Z", "datePublished" : "2024-09-01T13:00:00.000Z", "headline" : "Moving with Metaphor - Keeping your Trap Shut", "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://metaphorsofmovement.us/metaphorsofmovementblog/moving-with-metaphor-keeping-your-trap-shut", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "https://metaphorsofmovement.us/hubfs/Insta%20Logos%20(1).png" }, "name" : "DT Training and Coaching LLC" } } ```