Abstract
This article compares somatic phraseological units whith the component “head” in English and Karakalpak. The aim of the work is to show their meanings, usage and grammatical structure. The article involves four phraseological units: “shake one’s head” – “bas shayqaw”, “scratch one’s head” – “bas qasiw”, “splitting head” – “basi men-sen boliw”, rack one’s brain”- “bas qatiriw”. The examples are taken from English and Karakalpak fiction.
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