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Metaphorical expressions with “face”
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Metaphorical expressions with “face” Noun English Vietnamese Face
( mặt)
-the front part of the head between the forehead and the
chin
- a feeling’s expression
- a surface
of something
- refer to a person - having the type of face or expression mentioned - Mặt (the front part of the head between the forehead and the chin)
- Sự biểu lộ tình cảm (a feeling’s expression - Bề mặt (a surface of something) - Người (refer to a person) - Sắc thái (having the type of face or expression mentioned) www.ijellh.com 304 - the particular character or aspect of something
- Đặc tính, khía cạnh (the particular character or aspect of something) e.g. 1. Don’t judge a book by its cover.
2. Rats desert a falling house. 1.
Đừng trông mặt mà bắt hình dong.
(Don’t judge a person by his face.)
2. Cháy nhà mới ra mặt chuột. (when trouble comes, the face of the bad guy (mouse) will be revealed)
In (1), English uses the figure of a book and its cover to indirectly judge how someone is whereas Vietnamese directly judges someone through his face. Clearly, both languages form similar concepts from different figures of expressions.
In (2), both English and Vietnamese have the same conception of a bad hidden person. tải về 0.85 Mb. Chia sẻ với bạn bè của bạn:
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