A Comparative Study of Cultural Differences between Chinese Idioms and English Idioms

English idioms include colloquialisms,proverbs and slang expressions,etc.They stemmed from documents,local stories,historical events,religions and customs.English idioms are characterized as symmetry,graceful in syllables and har-monious in rhythm;and further they have striking national and local features.Having analyzed the differences of idioms be-tween Chinese and English,the paper puts forward the purpose of comparative study on idioms between them and the possi-bility to realize the target of communicating the mutual languages.