ON EVALUATIVE STNACES OF IDIOMS WITH THE COMPONENT "FLOWER" IN ENGLISH AND ARMENIAN LINGUO-CULTURES

Extensive research on phraseology in the last decates has led to new theories and perspectives. The article focuses on the use of phraseological units in cross–linguistic and cross cultural context. Specifically, the paper is primarily devoted to outlining the architecture and semantics of idiomatic expressions with the component “flower” and their counterparts in Armenian trasnlations from the perspective of modal meanings. By employing the method of comparing the excerpts from literary sources in the source and target languages we found out that these idiomatic expressions have similar and distinctive features both in linguistic choices and cultural values.