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第十三小组 安思静 孔令雪 李丽娟 刘璐 娜孜曼 谭玉玲 冼晨辰 张楚芸 崔文林 滕文;The Definition of English Idioms;The Definition of English Idioms ;Characteristics of Idioms;Semantic Unity;Structural Stability ;4.many idioms are grammatically unanalysable ; 5.The Idiomaticity of Idioms Is Gradable ;;目录;Idioms Nominal in Nature;;Idioms Verbal in Nature This is the largest group of all. The structures of such idioms are quite complex and thus can be subdivided into phrasal verbs and other verb phrases. ;Idioms Adverbial in Nature ;Sentence Idioms;Use of idiom;Stylistic features ;stylistic featuresMost idioms are informal in natures as they are created by the working people in various situations.（seamen on the sea; hunters in the woods; farmers in the fields; workmen at mills; housewives and cooks in the kitchen);;eg.Screw up:; Neutral Some idioms are only confined to certain varieties;Rhetorical features of idiom;;Semantic manipulation 语义手段 a. Simile 明喻 as proud as a peacock b. Metaphor 暗喻 animal---people a black sheep(the member thought to be a disgrace in the family) things---people a new broom(a person who has newly come to office) things---something else bed of dust(grave) actions, state---abstract ideas or other actions, state, etc. cut the ground from under sb ( destroy someone’ s success by taking his ideas c. Metonymy (idioms in which the name of one thing is used for that of another associated with it) 转喻 from cradle to grave(from birth to death) d. Synecdoche 提喻(substituting part for the whole and vice versa) earn one’s bread(make a living) e. Personification 拟人 Actions speak louder than words. f. euphemism 委婉语 the call of nature(the need to pass water or empty the bowels);Variations of Idioms Characterized by semantic unity and structural stability, idioms do not allow changes as a rule. But structural stability is not absolute. When idioms are used in actual context, they do experience grammatical changes such as different