The difficulties and problems of non-equivalence posed in translating English color idioms into Arabic.

The present study is a linguistic investigation of equivalence aboveword level. It deals with the difficulties and problems of non-equivalence posedin translating English color idioms into Arabic, and the methods used by thestudents to find the suitable equivalent in the target language.This study tries also to suggest solutions and identify strategies that may helpto limit or avoid these difficulties . In this respect a test made up of 20 English de-contextualized color idioms is given to the students of English Department to betranslated into Arabic ,the same test is given to the same students once again butit was within context. The results of the study show that there are potentialproblems in the process of translating color idioms from English into Arabic .Furthermore, the findings show that the context of use helps the students a lot toguess the appropriate meaning of these idioms . At the end of study theresearcher recommends that ,students should master the situational occurrencesand use the accurate strategies to solve the problems of non- equivalence betweenthe source language and the target language.Moreover, the students should also be exposed ,more and more, to different typesof idioms to extend their knowledge.