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1、ProbeintotheinfluenceoftheBibleonEnglishidiomsAbstract:EnglishidiomisthemostvigorouspartinthelanguagewhichwasgreatlyinfluencedbythereligiousclassicofwesternsocietytheHolyBible.ThispaperprobesintotheinfluenceoftheBibleonEnglishidiomsintwoways:allusionofbiblicalstoryandoriginalsaying,soastobetter
2、understandtheculturalconnotationofEnglishidiomsandrelationshipbetweenEnglishidiomsandtheBible.Keywords:Englishidioms;culturalconnotation;theBible1.Introduction1.1.IdiomIdiomsreferstothelanguagepeculiartoapeople,country,class,communityormorerarely,anindividual,whichhavegrownoutofthelinguisticpra
3、cticeofthepeopleeversincethelanguagecameintobeing①.Strictlyspeaking,idiomsareexpressionsthatarenotreadilyunderstandablefromtheirliteralmeaningsofindividualconstituents.Idiomsarerootedinthesoilonwhichthepeopleliveandarerealizedasformulaicphrasesinitslanguagesystem.Thereforethecharacterofthepeopl
4、eisclearlybrandednitsidioms.Bycomparingidiomsofdifferentpeoplewitheachother,wecanfindthateachpeople’scharacteristics,history,culturaltradition,morality,senseofvalue,geographicalenvironmentsandotheraspectsarefullyexpressedinitsidioms.Consequently,inordertounderstandidioms,weshouldobservetheminre
5、lationwithsuchconditionsasitsreligion,history,culture,customs,geographyandsenseofvalue,etc.1.2.TheBibleReligion,asoneofspecialculturemorphologies,almostcameintobeinganddevelopedatthesamepaceashumancivilization.TheChristianChurch,insteadofthemonarch,controlledthewholeEuropeansociety,whichthenspr
6、eadChristianitythroughoutthecontinentandmoldeduniqueEuropeancultureduringtwothousandofyears.Religionisveryimportantmanywesterners.InBritain,almosteveryonereadstheHolyBible,andmostofpeoplegotochurchonSundays.Newly-bornchildrenarebaptizedinchurch.People’slivesarecloselyrelatedwithreligion.TheBibl
7、eisalibraryofdifferentliterarytypesratherthanasinglebook.Thelargerpart,theOldTestament,isacollectionofJewishsacredwritings,originallyinHebrewandconsistingofteaching,history,prophecy,andpoetry.TheNewTestament,originallyinGreek,also
