Phraseological units can be classifi ed as parts of speech.

Here we have the following groups: a) noun-phraseologisms denoting an object, a person, a living being, e.g., a dog’s life, a big shot, redbrick university, Green Beret;

b) verb-phraseologisms denoting an action, a state, a feeling, e.g.

to break the log-jam, to rain cats and dogs, to be on the beam, to nose out , to make headlines;

c) adjective-phraseologisms denoting a quality, e.g. loose as a goose, safe and sound, as thin as a rail, high and mighty;

d) adverb phraseological units, such as: with a bump, in the soup, like a dream, like a dog with two tails;

e) preposition phraseological units, e.g. in the course of, on the stroke of; f) interjection phraseological units, e.g. Catch me!, Well, I never!

Take it easy, etc. In I.V.Arnold’s classifi cation there are also sentence equivalents, proverbs, sayings and quotations, e.g. The sky is the limit, What makes him tick, I am easy.