从英语习语看英语的转喻和隐喻

The Metaphor and Metonymy Study of English Idiom

习语是语言发展的结晶,是语言使用者长秦以来习用的,形式简洁而意思精辟的定型词组或短句。英语是世界上词汇最丰富的语言之一,英语习语更显得纷繁浩瀚。习语同时也是语言中的重要修辞手段,是各种修辞手段的集中表现。而隐喻和转喻又是较常见的修辞手段,大部分习语都是利用恰当隐喻和转喻的形象化语言。该文旨在通过对英语习语进行相关剖析,从而更加深入理解英语的转喻和隐喻在英语语言中的应用。

Idion is the crystal of language development and is used by the speakers in the long time. Its form is simple but the meaning is incisive. English is one of the languages with plentiful words.And its idioms are colorful and meaningful. Idiom is one important way of rhetoric. While metaphor and metonymy are the common rhetoric. Most of the idioms conclude proper metaphor and metonymy. This article aims to understand the usage of the metaphor and metonymy in English deeply by analysing some of the English idioms.