Pokonferencyjna

THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS 
FOR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Seit-Asan Feride E.,
the 2nd year student of Romance-Germanic philology faculty of Uzbek State World 
Languages University, Uzbekistan,Tashkent.
Umaraliyev F.F.,
the 2nd year student of Romance-Germanic philology faculty of Uzbek State World 
Languages University, Uzbekistan,Tashkent.
Imomaliyeva G.U.,
Scientific supervisor, teacher of Uzbek State World Languages University, 
Uzbekistan,Tashkent.
Key words: idioms, phraseological units, collocations, language elements

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where the degree of motivation is very 
low, we cannot guess the meaning of the 
whole from the meaning of its compo-
nents, they are highly idiomatic and can-
not be translated word for word into other 
languages, e.g. on the Shanks’ mare  –on 
foot, at sixes and sevens- in a mess etc.; 
Units where the meaning of the whole can 
be guessed from the meanings of its com-
ponents, but it is transferred (metaphori-
cal or metonymical), e.g. to play the first 
fiddle (to be a leader in something), old 
salt- experienced sailor etc.: a) Colloca-
tions where words are combined in their 
original meaning but their combinations 
are different in different languages, e.g. 
cash and carry – self-service shop, in a big 
way  – in great degree [2]; Besides the 
above mentioned information in different 
sources we can find a variety of defini-
tions to the word “idiom”. For example 
Macmillan English Dictionary writes “Id-
iom is an expression whose meaning is 
different from the meaning of the indi-
vidual words” [3]. In addition, I would 
like to quote lexicologist A.M.  Bushuy, 
who said “Idioms are those expressions 
we feel such idiots for not understanding 
them”. And this situation often takes place 
in learners’ lives. Even for native speakers 
it is difficult to comprehend the meaning 
of idioms, which they see or hear for the 
first time. Every idiom will not be learned, 
but as learners become more comfortable 
with the English language and exposed to 
a greater amount of native English, de-
pending on their interests, they will en-
counter a larger number of idioms. Idi-
oms are wide-spread language elements. 
They are used in informal and formal 
speeches, conversation and writing, and a