Semantic system of proverbs in dictionary interpretation

The present manuscript enlightens semantic problems of English proverbs, peculiarities of their usage in concrete situation, presents etymological information and describes grammatical structure of proverbs. In this work both theoretical and practical investigation of proverbs and set expressions are described in details. The existing English and American sources also represent such dictionaries where the proverbs and sayings designated as proverbs, proverbial phrases, sayings where phrases very "motley" to define structure get are collected. Among simple sentences can be affirmative and negative. In the proverbs which are complex sentences, the subordinate clause could follow for main, is in the middle of the main thing or to precede it. Let us illustrate in examples. Theory of phraseology of A. V. Kunin (2005) in particular is his concept of phraseological identification on the basis of which has become possible to carry steady predicative turns to phraseological units, I have given an impetus for detailed research of pareomias first of all of sayings and proverbs, by the right of taken the place in phraseological fund of English.