YAkyy u vas charakter? YAk vy dyvytesya na svit, scho v n′omu vyriznyayete, a choho ne pomichayete? YAkymy vluchnymy y dotepnymy vyslovamy korystuyetesya, koly chochete schos′ abo kohos′ scharakteryzuvaty? Koly my opysuyemo svit i sebe v n′omu, to chasto-husto vzhyvayemo frazeolohizmy — movni odynytsi, scho emotsiyno y obrazno vidobrazhayut′ nashi dumky, berezhut′ u sobi istoriyu narodu ta yoho mudrist′. U tsiy knyzhtsi zibrano yaskravi ta vluchni frazeolohizmy, scho opysuyut′ zovnishnist′ lyudyny, yiyi charakter, stosunky z rodychamy y ne rodychamy, a takozh yiyi mistse u sviti y sam svit. Krim estetychnoho zadovolennya vid samych vysloviv ta ilyustratsiy, chytach zmozhe diznatysya pro dzherela, istorychne pidgruntya y pryntsypy formuvannya ukrayins′koyi frazeolohiyi.