SOURCES OF ENGLISH IDIOMS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/HGZY9Keywords:
Etymology, idiom, native idiom, borrowed idiom, Shakespearianism.Abstract
The article is devoted to the study of etymology of English idioms. As a result of analysis of phraseological dictionaries, the following sources of their formation were identified: historical facts, traditions, legends, literary quotations, professional expressions, shortening of proverbs to a certain part, borrowings and many other ways.







