4、Conclusion
The idioms are the essence of the culture, they are cohering the wisdom of the people.
From the preceding chapters, we can see that the geography influenced the human’s culture deeply. The human’s culture could not depart from the environment. The western people live in the seaside and had small land for tillage, so their livings are connected to the sea. But the Chinese live in an inland area, and isolated from the other outside countries, our cultures are more about the land and the agriculture.
So in English idioms ,they have the idiom“drink like a fish” ,while in China, we said “niu yin” ,(the meaning is drink like an ox). This is because the sea is connected to the western people’ lives, and the fish live in the sea. But in China, the ox is the main animal for the tillage.
All in all, the differences of the geography between the China and western counties, made the difference of the cultures between the Chinese and English.
To have a deep understanding of Chinese and English cultures, such idioms comparison could provide an useful resources for language and culture communication.
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