成语是语言中的奇葩,蕴藏着一个民族的历史和文化。英汉成语的研究、比较和欣赏,有助于学习者深入了解两者文化中的异和同。成语是各种语言的经典印证,渗透着各民族文化的发展历程。在有时看似“各不相干”的英汉语系里,成语的来源有时竟会如此相近,不能不说人类文化脉息相连。 Idiom is a wonderful language, which contains the history and culture of a nation. The study, comparison and appreciation of English and Chinese idioms help learners to gain a better understanding of the differences and similarities between the two cultures. Idioms are the classic proof of various languages, infiltrating the course of the development of various national cultures. In English and Chinese sometimes seemingly “irrelevant”, the source of idioms sometimes so close, can not but say that the human pulse of culture.