Structural classification of phraseological units.
Syntactical classification of phraseological units.
Synonyms in phraseology.
Cast-iron idioms:
— at sixes at sevens;
— to mind one’s p’s and q’s;
— to sow one’s wild oats;
— a kettle of fish;
— sub rosa/under the rose;
— to stew in one’s own juice;
— to come to the end of one’s rope;
— before one can say Jack Robinson;
— to beat about the bush;
— to put a spoke in one’s wheel;
— to get/give one the sack;
— the fat is in the fire;
— with a grain of salt;
— let sleeping dogs lie;
— to nourish a viper/snake in one’s bottom;
— to wash one’s dirty linen in public;
— to know where the shoe pinches.
Seminar #2
1. Problems of word meaning
2. Change of meaning:
2.1. Extension of meaning.
2.2. Narrowing of meaning.
2.3. Elevation of meaning.
2.4. Degradation of meaning.
