The article compares English and Uzbek lexical units expressing emotional and spiritual states. It highlights similarities in universal emotions and metaphor use, and differences shaped by cultural and religious factors. The study helps improve translation and cross-cultural understanding.

emotional state, spiritual state, lexical units, English language, Uzbek language, comparative linguistics, metaphor, culture, translation, idioms

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