f English. Nowadays new British idioms tend to stay on the British Isles and are rarely encountered in the U. S. British idioms are actually more familiar to other Europeans or to the people of the British Commonwealth than to Americans, even though the language is same. The reason for all these facts is that Britain is not the world power it used to be and it must be said that the U. S. has taken the role of the leading nation in the development of language, media and popular culture. Britain just doesn't have the magnitude of media influence that the United States controls. p align="justify">
The conclusion is that the future of idiomatic expressions in the English language seems certain. They are more and more based on American English. This development will continue through new mediums like the Internet and interactive mediums. It is hard to say what this will do to idioms and what kind of new idioms are created. This will be an interesting development to follow, and by no means does it lessen the humor, variety and color of English language.
Chapter 3. English idioms and their usage in everyday life
What about English idioms? I could find a lot of them, but I'll give examples only about some of them which I consider the most interesting and I'd recommend my classmates to use them working with British literature classes, making analyses of different creative works and writing project tasks. Moreover, almost all of these drawings were made by me. p align="justify"> a chicken and egg situation . This is an informal expression, which describes a situation or problem in which it is impossible to decide which of two things was the cause of the other. For example: The connection between lack of education and poverty is a chicken and egg situation . Are people poor because they have no education or do they not get an education because they are poor?
The expression comes from the idea of ​​a chicken and its egg. Does the egg come from the chicken or the chicken from the egg? p align="justify"> bread and butter . When we use the idiom "bread and butter" we mean someone's livelihood or income. For example : I don't especially like doing this job, but it's my bread and butter.
Idiomatic expressions are a vital component of English in particular. The common idioms will increase our understanding, though most of us instinctively avoid trying to use them. In my work I offer you some idioms around themes such as health, school, accommodation, family relationship, everyday life. I've selected them from different books and Internet sources according to my...
