Keyword: «phraseology»
The article deals with the main meanings of lexical units denoting domestic animals as a part of phraseology and stable comparisons. Universal and peculiar features of animal images are revealed. The national and cultural connotations and the places of animal images in language picture of the world are analyzed.
The article deals with phraseological units of the Russian language with a somatism component. The author says that phraseological units with these components contain interesting lexical meanings and are actively used by Russian speakers.
Based on an analysis of federal educational programs, the article substantiates the feasibility of including regional phraseology and paremiology in the content of teaching the Russian (native) language. The provisions of the programs are illustrated with examples of regional phraseological units, sayings and proverbs recorded in dialectological and ethnographic sources. Linguocultural comments are given on the presented examples of regional phraseological units and proverbs.