ANIMAL EXPRESSIONS IN ENGLISH AND PERSIAN
Fakhteh Nakhavali
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
The semantic features of some certain animals in Persian, English, and some other languages
Pig
Worthless, unclean, disobedient, greedy, lazy, troublesome
To show some thing impossible happens.
Unclean, worthless, cruel, loyal, ungrateful, vagrancy,
disobedient crazy, inattention, regret, miserable.
Dog
Worthless, cruel, worthy, ungrateful, uncleanness, loyalty,
guarding miserable.
Tricky, cunning, ungrateful, worthless, shamelessness, to do
some thing in a right time, long life.
Cat
Troublesome, long life, worthless, clever and cunning, tricky,
spoiled, to do a perilous thing.
Ominous.
Owl
Wise, ominous, optimistic, to be awake far into the night,
sharp- sighted.
Imitative, Nosey, inexperienced, worthless, troublesome.
Crow
Worthless, ominous, ungrateful, rare, cheeky, rumormonger,
clever and tricky, cursing.