英文版的English idioms is a mirror which reflects the Britain language英文版的English idioms is a mirror which reflects the Britain language.docx

English idioms is a mirror which reflects the Britain languageIntroductionEvery language is laden with idioms, an idiom is a word or group of words that cannot be literally translated from the source’s language into the receptor’s because an idiomatic meaning cannot be understood by literally defining its component parts. English, as the most active and widely used language, enjoys a vast idiomatic basis, which makes its learning very exciting and interesting, with about 4,000 idioms used in the daily communication.Being very flexible, English language constantly enriches its vocabulary with the words invented by the language speakers, making it more colorful with new idiomatic expression, and at times refills its stocks with the borrowings and neologisms. English just amazes by its extraordinary linguistic diversity. Idioms, as the cream of the English language, arevery typical in this sense.English idioms play an indispensable role in English. Idioms have been created by laboring people over a long period of time. When they worked together, they need short, simple words and sentences to express thoughts that were related to people’s jobs and labor, so they might find those words or patterns that people know well to convey information and meanwhile create vivid and vigorous metaphors. For example, those farmers said,” as a man sows, so shall he reap.” Idioms are nevertheless rooted in the soil on which the people live and are realized as formulaic phrases in its language pattern. Therefore the character of the people is clearly branded in its idioms. By comparing idioms of different people with each other, We can find that each people’s characteristics, history, economic life, cultural tradition, mentality, morality, sense of value, geographical environments and other aspects are fully expressed in its idioms.English idioms derived from the culture of the English-speaking nations and from day-to-day life. In real context idioms carry their own explanation. If we ar