The expressiveness of the Russian language is often quite difficult to understand not only by foreigners, but even by compatriots. A huge number of figurative expressions, phraseological units, colloquial variants, double and triple meanings turns speech into an intricate maze. For example, the very simple phrase “frowning eyebrows” actually turns out to be very interesting for linguistic research. How to use this expression correctly? When is it better to choose a synonym?
Expressive facial expressions
First of all, this, of course, is a description of a mimic expression, meaning several different emotions at once. How and why can I frown? If you reduce the eyebrows to the bridge of the nose in a downward direction, you get an angry facial expression, which is exactly what we mean when using the phrase we are considering.
You can frown brows not only in an angry mood. Many people in this way express their concentration, seriousness, thoughtfulness. Mimic manifestations are ambiguous, it is human nature to substitute emotions or combine them in the most bizarre way. In literature, the phrase “laughter through tears” is often found — as a strong artistic device — when someone laughs not because he is having fun, but from grief or pain. It is likely that each person will find a situation in his memory when the face expressed not what is happening on the soul, but completely different feelings, like a protective mask.
Using facial expressions in phraseological sentences
It is worth noting that the expression “frowning eyebrows” in itself is redundant, because nothing else will frown. You can not frown cheeks, ears or lips - this is done exclusively with eyebrows. At the same time, eyes, a smile or just a look can be gloomy, that is, correspond to emotions in which a person just makes a characteristic grimace expressing his mood.
In what cases are expressions describing facial expressions used in literature or simply in everyday life? When just can not do without the phrase "frown"? The meaning of phraseology is directly related to the basic emotion, which is accompanied by a grimace. Therefore, you can often hear advice not to frown, even in relation to an invisible interlocutor, by phone or in virtual communication. The phrase “Now he frowns”, is used in the sense of “and now he is angry” (either offended or longed).
Different ways to frown
To emphasize the shades of emotion, a qualifying adjective is often used. You can frown brows menacingly, angrily, sternly, sadly, sadly, cheerfully, concentratedly, decisively. If you wish, you can invent your own way and reason for the specified facial expressions, and none of them will be strange, because human emotions can not be considered unambiguous.
The relevance of using an expression
If in poetry and fiction you can use phraseological units for the imagery and convexity of the narrative, then in some cases it is recommended to slightly change the text so as not to look ridiculous. The official appeal does not recommend the artistry of images at all - it is considered excessive and inappropriate, so it is unlikely that the lawyer can advise someone to "frown." It is better to select synonyms such as to exclude the duality of reading, which is permissible in entertaining texts or in high poetry.
It is worth remembering that this is an emotional phraseological unit, especially when it comes to written treatment. The reader himself will add emotion, which will ask for subtext, and if he decides that he is being bullied, it will only be the fault of the compiler. Therefore, instead of “do not frown,” it’s better to sincerely ask not to be offended, to apologize and come to an agreement.
Words indicating emotion, which were listed above in the form of adjectives, help to avoid discrepancies. Not "angrily frowning eyebrows", but "angry." In most cases, this is enough.
Figurative expression
To create artistic images, phraseological units are the most beneficial tool. It is they that make it possible to outline emotions in just a couple of strokes, thanks to which the pictures created by the writer or poet become alive, begin to breathe, and are filled with colors. “Frowning eyebrows” is a phraseologism with a dark and strict emotional color, therefore, if such a facial expression is attributed to the poet on a gloomy evening, then readers will not be perplexed, on the contrary, a deep understanding appears. Despite the fact that the evening does not have a face, eyebrows, he has nothing to frown.
In the figurative sense, anything can frown, eyebrows - pine forest, sky, evening, wind. When a poet describes a gloomy day, he means exclusively the emotions that arise from the observer. When creating a literary work, the author may be somewhat carried away by figurative expressions, and then it becomes difficult to understand the heaps of metaphors behind which meaning is lost. With moderate use, the text, on the contrary, acquires the qualities necessary for influencing the reader and brings joy.