Zoonym Phraseological Units Expressing Human Characteristics in Uzbek, Tajik, Russian and German Languages

Abstract

Even today, most areas of human activity, in particular, agriculture, industry, sports, science, etc., are related to animals. The relationship between man and the animal world has also influenced the language, forming a group of expressions with a zoonym component in the lexical fund of the language. Phrases with a zoonym component are characterized by an anthropocentric feature. Many human characteristics are reflected in zoonym phraseological units, and such phraseological units serve to make speech impressive. In this article, we will consider human characteristics in animal expressions.