Uzbekistan state world languages university d. U. Ashurova m. R. Galieva

Phraseological units associated with the names of the British and American famous people, scientists, writers, politicians

According to Cocker – smth. reliable, correct (Cocker (1631-1675) is a scientist known in mathematics and arithmetic, the author of the book in arithmetic popular in the 17 century);

The Admirable Crichton – an educated man (by the name of James Crichton, a famous Scottish scientist of the XVI century);

According to Hoyle – correctly, in accord with the rules or authority (Edmond Hoyle (1672-1769), the English barrister and the author of several works on card games in which he put a strict set of rules);

a Florence Nightingale – a woman who is very kind and takes care of ill people (Florence Nightingale is the English nurse, organizer of a social movement who trained nurses during the Crimean War).

According to the etymological principle, i.e. the origin of phraseological units, they can be classified into the following groups:

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