Phraseologisms Depicting Various Realies in French and English

Abstract

Phraseologisms are used in everyday speech, in works of art, in journalism. They give expression to utterances and are the means of creating images. Phraseologisms have their specificities in every language, they reflect and represent the national mentality, the consciousness of perception of the surrounding world and its expression lexically and grammatically; The peculiarities of the use of phraseological units are also very important. The purpose of the present article is to study and analyze  phraseologisms in terms communicative perspectives of foreign language teaching. When mastering a foreign language, it is inevitable to come across the difficulties in understanding authentic texts containing phraseological units, including proverbs, sayings, and comparisons.