Metaphor Peculiarities in Lexical-Semantic Phrases of the Group "Gastronomy" in Russian and Chinese

Attention is paid to the definition of the concept of metaphor and the features of metaphor are analyzed on the materials of phraseological semantics "bread", "pie", "fish". It is proved that metaphor acts as a method of thinking, is fixed in languages, including phraseological units, and is influenced by culture. In the phraseological expressions with the component "rice", "pie" and "fish" we see the differences of the Chinese and Russian food customs and concepts about the same thing.

Behind these cultural differences there are differences in geography, agriculture, economy, etc. There are lot of works on the study of phraseology, but research on the relationship of phraseology with culture and metaphors in the Chinese and Russian languages is still insufficient. Clarifying the specificity of metaphor helps not only to understand and use phraseological expressions better but also to overcome the obstacles of cultural communication between different countries, especially between China and Russia.