Anthropological specificity of phraseological zoonyms with the semantics of "human appearance"

The article analyzes the paradigm of human - animal images as a stable correlation of concepts representing the subject of comparison associated with a person and the object associated with an animal. The reasons for comparison with animals in the framework of this paradigm are described, as well as phraseological units that use images of animals and are related to the perception of animals by humans. It is noted that man has always sought to relate himself to the world of animals; this is due to the centuries-old history of their coexistence, as well as ancient totem beliefs that reflected the close connection of all living beings on Earth. The human perception of animals is also reflected in the linguistic picture of the world of each nation.