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Identity As A Dialect Marker In The Semantics Of Phraseological Units

Table 3:

Multi-meaning DDPU Meaning Synonymous unequivocal DDPU
(ходить / идти) отреся ножку(to go off/to walk off) ‘(to move slowly с ножки на ножку – (from leg to leg)
‘(to move) timidly, fearfully’ -
ни три ни мни (сухие ремни)(neither one nor the other) 1) ‘about a slow, sluggish person’ -
2) ‘about a worthless, incapable person’ ни взять ни отнять,ни в тын ни в мир,ни суй ни пхай(half-and-halfer)
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