海外英语(中旬刊)
海外英語(中旬刊)
해외영어(중순간)
OVERSEAS ENGLISH
2010年
8期
360-362
,共3页
animal vehicles%English and Chinese%national characteristics
Both Chinese and English are rich in the idioms in which the vehicle is an animal.But some of the animal vehicles and their associative meanings are different in English and Chinese idioms.Then what's the reason behind them? Is it becanse of the different characteristics of the nations? This paper will explore the inherent connections between characteristics of the nation and animal vehicles from three aspects:custom,historical background and geographical conditions.
