A Comparative Analysis of Linguocultural Features of Body-Part Phraseological Units in English and Uzbek

This paper presents a qualitative comparison of two pairs of English and Uzbek body-part phraseological units documented in online dictionaries and an English-language learning resource. The analysis examines figurative meaning, bodily imagery and the conditions under which the expressions can function as translation equivalents. In the blink of an eye and ko‘z ochib yumguncha illustrate close correspondence in meaning and imagery, while rack one’s brains and bosh qotirmoq, in its thinking-related sense, express similar mental activity through different anatomical components. Attention is also paid to polysemy and grammatical context. The comparison indicates that translation requires sense-specific interpretation rather than the substitution of individual body-part terms. The findings are illustrative and do not establish frequency patterns or general cultural characteristics.