ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 3

A descriptive approach of translating idioms and phraseological units into two different languages

  • Author:
  • Abdullajonov Akmalxon Ahmadjonovich*, Karimova Nargiza Muhammadjonovna**, Najmiddinov Jobir Zokirovich**
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 2210 to 2214

*Associate Professor, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Namangan State University, Namangan, Uzbekistan

**Teachers of Namangan State University, Faculty of World Languages, Namangan, Uzbekistan

Online published on 15 May, 2021.

Abstract

This article deals with the importance of idioms and phraseological units in oral speech and presents some analyzed examples of phrasal units that are common in English and Uzbek language. For interpreting reality, language is a tool. Body part images appear frequently in Uzbek and English idioms carrying simile and metaphor meanings and ontological metaphors are used widely.

Keywords

Idioms, Phraseological Units, Cultural Backgrounds, Comparative Idioms, Body-Part Idioms, Equivalency, Spoken English, Negative Evaluation