COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF IDIOMS WITH ADJECTIVES DENOTING COLOR IN RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH

Abstract

The article provides a comparative analysis of phraseological units with adjectives denoting color in Russian and English. In both languages, there are idioms with adjectives denoting color. They are often used in a live spoken language, and along with proverbs and sayings have entered the national phraseology of both languages studied. The comparative study of the color-signifying vocabulary of the Russian and English languages contributes not only to a more complete description of features of these languages, but also allows to detect, along with specific manifestations, some general linguistic patterns. It is noted that by their structure in the studied languages mainly has the combination adjective + comparative element + noun. There are also other varieties. Idioms with adjectives denoting color in Russian and English are widely used in both languages. They are semantic and syntactically indecomposable, the meaning of their components is not motivated, it is revealed by analyzing the etymology. Part of the idioms is formed due to the transfer from one social sphere to another, gradually became fixed in the national language. The basis of these stable turns could be historical events, historical places, generalization of the experience of human activity and various geographical names.