Numbers in English Idioms
Numbers in English Idioms
Author(s): Ildiko Gy. ZoltanSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii Petru Maior
Keywords: idiom; number; language; English; origin
Summary/Abstract: Idioms are most fascinating because of what they tell us about the way of thinking and the outlook upon life of the people who speak the language that has produced them. The present paper is not an attempt to exhaustively list all the English idioms that contain numbers, but to present the probable or possible origin of a few more interesting or intriguing ‘specimens’.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Petru Maior. Philologia
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 247-253
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English