英汉“动物”习语的比喻及其联想

On Animal Vehicle & Their Associative Meaning in Chinese and English Idioms

习语是语言中的精华,它们是一种相对固定的语言成分,而且在日常的言语交际中经常被重复使用,从而给语言增添了形象性和生动性,其中动物词构成的习语是习语中的一个重要组成部分;而比喻是习语中常用的一种修辞手段,本文将从英汉语言所在民族的文化角度来对比分析以动物进行比喻或者说以动物为喻体的这类习语及其联想意义。

idioms are the essence of language,which are a relatively steady-going language ingredient.In social interaction,they are frequently used,creating vividness and vitality for language use.Animal idioms are an important component of idioms,and figure of speech is one of the most commonly used rhetoric method in idioms.From the perspective of contrastive analysis between Chinese and western culture,this paper attempts to contrast and analyze idioms that takes animal as tenor and their associative meaning.