... - examining linguistic features of English and Vietnamese idioms denoting family. - involving Vietnamese learners of English in learning the idioms in all skills. 1.2.2 Objectives of the study ... That is, fathers, mothers, siblings, husbands and wives, old generations in the family or other blood relationships. In Vietnamese, idioms denoting family involving in members in the family ... it is popular in both Vietnamese and English languages. The idioms denoting the family are about fathers, mothers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives and their relatives; or the relationships...