隐喻不但是一种语言现象,也是人类的一种思维方式和认知手段。在大学英语教学中,培养学生具有丰富的隐喻知识,可以促进学生对英语的学习。本文通过对隐喻与英语教学的关系的分析,建议教师在大学英语教学中有意识地引导学生培养隐喻思维,注重隐喻与文化的关系,从而提高学生英语语言的综合运用能力。 Metaphor is not only a linguistic phenomenon, but also a human way of thinking and cognitive means. In college English teaching, cultivating students is rich in metaphor knowledge, can promote students to learn English. Based on the analysis of the relationship between metaphor and English teaching, this paper suggests that teachers should consciously guide students to develop metaphorical thinking in college English teaching and pay more attention to the relationship between metaphor and culture, so as to improve students’ ability to use English comprehensively.