论宗教文化对英语习语的影响

On the Religious Cultural Impact on English Idioms

宗教是一种文化现象,习语与文化有着密切相联的关系,因此,能充分反映出宗教对语言的影响。宗教文化极大地丰富和发展了英语习语的内涵,并使其更加生动活泼、妙趣横生。宗教文化对英语习语的产生和发展起着非常重要的作用。

The religion is a kind of cultural phenomenon. Idioms have a close relationship with culture; therefore, they can fully reflect the religious influence on language. Religious culture has greatly enriched the con- notation of English idioms, and made it more lively and vivid, and full of wit and humor. Religious culture plays a very important role on the emergence and development of English idioms.