ИСТИНА

The abstract investigates metaphoric euphemisms in Modern Russian. Figurative content of euphemistic expressions displays the picture of the world, specific features of the people‟s culture, and the way they think. The aim of our study is to describe the lingua-culturological aspect of metaphoric expressions and provide an interpretation of their word-components in culture space, in order to reveal their symbolical values, models, and stereotypes that play a role in neutralizing or changing the negative assessment of socially condemned phenomena. The study was conceived against the background of the Arabic language. Keywords: euphemism, metaphor, phraseological unit, national and cultural specifics, linguoculturology, metaphoric picture of the world.