... of idioms in English to those in Vietnamese. This is a major contribution tothe knowledge of linguistics in general and that of idioms in particular. Since languageand culture are closely intertwined, ... distinguishes the following groups of idioms: - informational (conveying information of different kind: in the red (be in debt),shrug one’s shoulders (raise, then drop), one’s kith and kin (members ... components of idioms) to beobserved, the style of recording the observed information (grouping and categorizing),and the selection of pertinent data of observation. The observation following thesecharacteristics...