Characteristic Features Of English Idioms

In this paper, the attention is focused on the characteristic features of English idioms such as origins, forms, styles, national characteristics, and rhetoric, etc. The change and development of idiukils and die diffieulLy in our understanding of English idioms are also given some space in discussion. English idioms have many origins among which ancient legends, historical events and religions are given much space in discussion. As to the forms of idioms, proverbs and slang, which are often neglected in other books, are also taken into consideration in this paper. Several points concerning the stylistic features are discussed so as to get us much more familiar with the occasions on which certain idioms are used. A knowledge of various figures of speech commonly used in idioms will help us to appreciate beauty of the English language in idioms. All these mentioned above will serve to achieve two purposes: They enable us to have an exact understanding of English idioms and to use them correctly.