I wonder if this is why certain idioms are considered "stronger" or "more vivid" than saying the same thing directly. Since these idioms take advantage of the r

I wonder if this is why certain idioms are considered "stronger" or "more vivid" than saying the same thing directly. Since these idioms take advantage of the right-brain, which is also responsible for emotion etc., it seems reasonable to me that the emotional connotations of a particular idiom are directly activated instead of thru a translation layer (language centers of the left brain).