Deviation of Phraseological Unit Semantic Stability as a Means of Phraseological Transformation

The article is devoted to discussing transformed phraseological units based on the American government blog materials. theoretic part of work touches upon question terminology. authors study existing approaches fixedness (stability, irregularity, occasional use, modifications) units. We seek analyze modified variants units, describe mechanisms transformations, and provide their translations. Special attention deviations semantic stability within structure modifications that appear when occur. analysis examples will a better understanding process which being discussed. Among trigger we distinguish between metonymy, polysemy, context, making principle fixedness, among them reconsideration unit meaning literalization meaning. Finally, in terms define two possible units' transformations.