The phraseological units as a fragment of the language worlds picture (from the practice of teaching Russian as a foreign language)

The idea of a map of the world drawn in turns of phrase is an interesting one. Phraseologisms of any language demonstrate the vivid thought of a people, which is closely linked with that peoples culture, history and traditions. The comparison of Russian phraseologisms with the phraseologisms of the native language allow one to go into the secrets of both the native and second languages.