The Concept Work, Labour Activity and Its Representation in British and American Culture
The article is devoted to the study of the concept work, labour activity with the help of the examples of English phraseological units with work and labour components. The study reveals the attitude of British and American citizens to the ideas work, labour activity which found its reflection in phraseological units in whole and in proverbs in particular. Linguistic experiment conducted by the author proved the idea that there are certain differences in British and American linguistic pictures. The differences occur in the linguistic layer related to the concept work, labour activity