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1、TheCulturalFeaturesshowninEnglishIdiomsEnglishidiomisoneofthemostimportantcomponentsoftheEnglishlanguageculture.Itiswidelyusedbynativespeakers.Byusingtheidiom,thespeakercaneasilyexpresshisorheremotion,makingtheconversationorthediscoursemorevivid.Whiletoforeignlanguagelearners,sometimesEng
2、lishidiomsarehardlytobeunderstood.ThereasonforthemisunderstandingandpuzzleoftheEnglishidiomsisthatmanyculturalfeaturesareincludedintheidioms.Ifsomeoneisnotfamiliarwiththeculturalbackground,heorshewillhavedifficultiesinusingandunderstandingtheidioms.Tosaymorespecifically,thefeaturesinvolve
3、dinEnglishidiomsdemonstratethegeographical,religional,classical,andhistoricalcharacteristics.Firstofall,somegeographicalfeaturesareintheEnglishidioms.BritishisleslocateintheAtlanticOcean,separatedbyEnglishChannel,theStraightofDover,andtheNorthSeafromtheEuropeancontinent.Asanislandnation,B
4、ritishpeople'slivesarecloselyconnectedtotheocean.Firstly,peoplehavetostruggleagainstthemultivariantclimateonthesea,someidiomsreflectthehardnessoftheconqueringoftheocean,forexampleusingadropintheoceantoindicateatinythingorascrub.Secondly,asBritainisoneofthemostimportantharborcountryinEurop
5、e,manyidiomsindicatethebusymaritimecarryingtrade,suchasallhandstothepumps,meaningeveryonecometohelpfortheharshsituation,andwithflyingcolorswhichmeanshavinggreatsuccess.Thirdly,duetotheabundantoceanresources,peopleusephrasesrelatedtofishasidioms,forinstance,bigfishmeansawealthyandhigh-stat
6、usman,whilelikeafishoutofwatershowstheuneasinessinnewenvironment.Fourthly,theclimateofBritainisgreatlyinfluencedbyocean,soitoftenrains,manyidiomsshowthischaracteristic,likeasrightasrain,whichmeansmakesomeonefeelsatisfied.Besidesallthese,becauseofthedifferentgeographicsituations,Englishand
7、Chineseidiomsexpressthesamemeaningindifferentways,forexample,Chinesepeoplesay"挥金如土"(spendmoneyliketheyareinfinitesoil)tocriticizeamanspendingtoomuchmoneywithoutrestraint,whileEnglishpeoplesayspendmoneylikewater,forChinaisacountrydependingonagricultureandBritainisaco
