Seminar № 2. Phraseology

1.       Primary ways of forming phraseological units.

2.       Secondary ways of forming phraseological units.

3.       Semantic classification of phraseological units.

4.       Structural classification of phraseological Units.

5.       Syntactical classification of ph. U.

6.       Classify the following phraseological units according to the motivation, according to their structure & according to their part-of-speech meaning, according to the way of forming:

When a pig fly (never)

To leap into marriage

To be whipping boy – козел отпущения

To be behind scenes – быть за кулисами

Man Friday (a friend) – пятница, верный преданный слуга

Girl Friend (a man’s assistant)

Fire in the belly – честолюбие, амбиция

A dear John (a letter from a girl to her former boyfriend who serves in the army about their separation because of her new boyfriend)

To be on the beam – стоять на правильном пути

Game, set & match (a final victory)

Country & western (music)

To jump out of the skin

As smart as paint

It is my cup of tea – это мне по вкусу

Robinson Crusoe & Friday (seats at a theater divided by a passage)

Fortune favours fools

To be in the dog’s house

The Green Berets

Culture Vulture

To get off one’s back (отстать, отвязаться от кого-либо)

To make headlines (to become famous)

To have a short fuse (to be easily excited0

To vote with one’s feet

Blackboard jungle (a disorderly school)

The sky is the limit (Нет предела)

Cash & carry (магазин «плати и неси»)

Berlin wall

A close mouth catches no flies.

To speak BBS

To sound like a computer

Last but not least (хотя и последний, но не худший)

As dull as lead

On the stroke of

To sandwich in

To nose out

With a bump (внезапно, резко)

On the nose (тютелька в тютельку)

To have green fingers