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THE ENGLISH PROVERBS AND IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS RELATED TO FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS
THE ENGLISH PROVERBS AND IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS RELATED TO FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS

Author(s): Corina Mihaela Geană
Subject(s): Lexis, Psycholinguistics, Descriptive linguistics, Phraseology
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: feeling; emotion; proverb; idiom; origin;

Summary/Abstract: English idioms and sayings are frequently used not only in written English but also in spoken English. Learning idioms is a way of enriching one's vocabulary, the different meaning connected with them being often surprising. Among English idioms, the idioms and sayings related to feelings and emotions are abundant. A widely-known question in English of the type “How are you?” has either simple answers, like “I am fine”, “I am very well, thank you”, or more complex, elaborate answers which describe the speaker’s mood or his real state of mind. This is why our article is trying to give a list of all these idioms related to feelings and emotions.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 687-696
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English