Understanding english idioms from the conceptual metaphor theory of cognitive linguistics

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Teaching and learning English idioms has always been a challenge for both teachers and students. From the cognitive linguistics viewpoint, this paper discusses conceptual metaphor theory and proposes to apply it as an alternative approach to teaching English idioms. Through the conceptual metaphor analysis of example idioms, the author proves that idiom meanings are formed from conceptual metaphors rather than dogmatism and discusses some implications for language teaching.