IDIOMS THAT DESCRIBE DIFFERENT EMOTIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS

Аннотация

This article deals with one of the most essential problems in modern lexicology; that is phraseological units that describe emotions of human beings. As we know idioms are divided into several groups due to semantic point of view. Idioms that display different emotions of human beings in the English language can refer to various human conditions including anger, frustration, joy, happiness and etc. Idioms that show various emotions can have close relationship with the nation’s social, cultural life styles. Idioms are usually referred as lexical units that keep cultural code of the nation and the ones that reflect the nation’s culture. The article is going to focus on such inner cultural codes hidden under idioms describing emotions.