HAVE UZBEK, TURKISH AND ENGLISH IDIOMS IN COMMON
Keywords:
phrase, idiom, folk, international language, language family.Abstract
Certain idioms in different languages sometimes share common background and related historical stories. In fact, learning and understanding foreign languages are much easier by comparing and analyzing language features. The article focuses on some similar idioms in three languages: Uzbek, Turkish and English. Several similar alternatives were analyzed in these languages. Explanations and definitions of certain words will be given below.
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