THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BRITISH ENGLISH AND AMERICAN IDIOMS

Abstract

Abstract: This article is directed to define the necessity of the usage of idioms in
the language preserving the main peculiarities of idioms in the English language. The
idioms were taken as a more colorful branch of the language and are used to make
stronger impression on people. An idiom can have a literal meaning, but its alternate,
figurative meaning must be understood metaphorically. A speech form or an expression
of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from
the individual meaning of its elements.