This article compares and contrasts Uzbek, British, and American cultures in order to examine the practical uses of cultural metaphors and phraseologisms in cross-cultural communication.  The study emphasises how these linguistic components represent cultural norms, mental processes, and values.  The article illustrates the potential difficulties and miscommunications that may occur in cross-cultural conversations because of disparate idiomatic and metaphorical expressions through a number of examples.

Pragmatics, cultural metaphors, phraseologisms, intercultural communication

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