Phraseological euphemisms in modern English

Abstract: The current article is devoted to studying one synonymic group of phraseological euphemisms, which is investigated from the point of view of different types of synonyms and the synonymic group of phraseological euphemisms with the meaning “to die” and have been analyzed. The analysis of phraseological synonymic euphemisms with the meaning “to die” has shown that the synonymic group consists of different synonyms: equivalent, stylistic and stylistic-ideographic.\n\n\nAll phraseological units belonging to this group of phraseological synonyms express the same action; that’s why their denotational components coincide. Differences may be observed in emotional evaluation or stylistic reference of phraseological units. These features of PE are outlined in this article.

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