ENGLISH POLYSEMANTIC IDIOMS NAMING VIOLENCE

Abstract

Phraseology, being the most expressive part of the language system, accumulates and reflects real or imaginary situations as experiences of a nation, and reveals the peculiarities of the cultural and historical development of a nation. The article describes English polysemantic phraseological units denoting violent actions, and also examines aspects of the formation of these phraseological units, namely the prototypical situations as their source. The article analyzes the role of the components of phraseological units in the formation of their meanings related to the theme of «Violence».