Abstract

The article dedicated to the concept of time. The linguists’ and scientists’ asA.V. Westphalian, I. Newton,Leibniz, D.S. Likhacheva, Z.D.Popova,A. M. Peshkovsky, A. A. Shakhmatov, V. V. Vinogradov, A. Kh. Vostokov and others point of views and ideas about the concept of time analyzed. Verbalization of the concept of "time" in English adagesandaphorisms also investigated. The question of the connection between language and intellection is one of the main problems of theoretical linguistics. Despite the fact that the exact mechanisms of their interaction have not yet been identified, it is generally recognized that the conceptual and linguistic picture of the world are closely interconnected, which means that the language reflects the experience of its speakers. Inside the linguistic picture of the world, the phraseological, based on paremias, is highlightedas one of the most significant.