The differences between English and Arabic metaphors can be confusing and challenging for second language learners and translators. The purpose of this research is to compare and contrast temperature metaphors pertaining to (hot, warm, cool, cold, ḥa:rrحار , dafiʔ دافئ and ba:rid بارد (in English and Arabic to identify the similarities and differences between them in terms of functions, frequencies, structures, collocations and the fields they were attested in. The data were collected from dictionaries, corpora, websites, advertisements, and daily life conversations. The findings revealed that temperature metaphors in English are more frequently used than they are in Arabic. In addition, the functions that English temperature metaphors are used to convey are more and varied. Finally, English temperature metaphors are attested in more fields than in Arabic.