One of the most effective and colorful ways to transfer culture is the use of idioms which, however cause several troubles for English learners because of their confusing meanings. To help learners have a better understanding of idioms, particularly idiom

Proverbs and idioms are two important components of any langaues with their denoted meanings. The current study aims at exploring and comparing the linguistic features, including syntactic and semantic features, of proverbs and indioms denoting family rel