Idiom, as a linguistic phenomenon, can be regarded as the most special part of language, and they are heavily cultureloaded. Because of those culture differences, idioms become one of the greatest barriers for cross-culture communication
I. Denotative Meaning & Associative Meaning 1. Denotative meaning: (also known as conceptual meaning) is the meaning given in the dictionary and forms the core of the word meaning. It forms the basis for communication as the same word has the same denotative meaning to all the speakers of the same language
