Резентация к проекту _Идиомы с обозначением цвета_.pptx

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Idioms with adjectives of colour
Made by:
Stesikov Nikita 9A
Teacher: Demidova E.V.

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Aim and objectives
Aim of my project: spotting, analyzing and studying the origin, meaning and usage of English phraseological units with adjectives of colour
Project objectives:
1) to study the notion and properties of phraseological units in the English language
2) to research the meaning, origin and usage of English idioms with adjectives ‘black’, `red`, `white`, `green`, `blue`
3) to conduct a survey aimed at checking frequency of the said English idioms in the speech of high school students
4) to compile a thematic dictionary of English idioms with the adjectives `black`, `red`, `white`, `green`, `blue`

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Results of the survey

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‘Green’ Idioms
To get the green light
Meaning: to get a permission for something
Example: After two years of waiting,
the Smith family was given the green
light to build a house on their land.

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‘Green’ Idioms
Green-eyed monster
Meaning: jealousy
Example: William Shakespeare (from “Hamlet”): “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green – eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on”

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‘Blue’ Idioms

Feel blue
Meaning: to experience sadness, sorrow, melancholy, downhearted, depressed.
Example: Can you call Sally and try and make her laugh? She’s feeling blue after Mike left.

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‘Blue’ Idioms
Out of the blue
Meaning: suddenly, without warning.
Example: Mary just showed up at the house out of the blue yesterday. We thought she was still in Europe

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‘White’ idioms
As white as a ghost
Meaning: this is how a person with a very pale face is described. Usually this pallor is caused by fear or shock.
Example: My friend turned as white as a ghost when she realized there was a stranger standing at her bedroom window.

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‘Red’ idioms
Catch someone red-handed
Meaning: to catch someone in the act of doing something bad.
Example: We caught Jake and Julia red-handed. They were hugging and kissing even though they deny it (say it’s not true).

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‘Red’ idioms
Roll out the red carpet
Meaning: organize a Grand reception, take on the highest level, literally “spread the red carpet”.
Example: Simon is the favorite child. Every time he returns home to Australia his parents roll out the red carpet for him.

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‘Black’ idioms
Black market
Meaning: illegal turnover, sale of goods.
Example: People who can’t buy a gun legally with a permit usually can buy one on the black market.

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‘Black’ idioms
Black eye
Meaning: a bruise near an eye.
Example: When Mel fell down and hit her face on her brother’s toy truck she got a black eye.

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Functions of idioms
1) The communicative function
Example: Peter was green with envy when his friend got a prestigious work.
2) The nominative function
Example: He knows how to make me laugh when I am disappointed – He knows how to make me laugh when I feel blue.
3) The cognitive function
Example: the phrase “green-eyed monster“ became an idiom after Shakespeare had used it in his text.
“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It`s the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on“
4) The evaluation function
Example: She has got awful marks at school. She is the black sheep of the family.

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Conclusion
 42 idioms have been analyzed
the survey was made
the functions of idioms were studied
a dictionary of idioms was made

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Thank you for your attention!