THE USE OF COMPARATIVE PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS IN GERMAN COLLOQUIAL SPEECH

This article analyzes the characteristics of comparative phraseological units that exist in the German language. The relevance of the topic is the endless interest in comparative phraseological units in linguistics and new aspects of their consideration and their widespread use in colloquial speech. Based on the structure of comparative phraseological units, cognitive mechanisms common to different language cultures, national-cultural characteristics, and differences manifested in semantic differences in the lexical equivalence of comparative phraseological units in different languages are revealed in the article. In this regard, the importance of the linguistic-cultural aspect and the research approach in the translation of comparative phraseological units is emphasized. A comprehensive analysis of comparative phraseological units as a phenomenon of phraseology is necessary for an adequate consideration of their place in the phraseology of the German language. The article also introduces the framework of the corpus approach, which confirms the prevalence of comparative phraseological units in the German language. Among the methods used, it is worth noting the comparative approach that allows for content analysis and drawing parallels between different languages (German, Russian and Uzbek).