Abstract:
Idioms are part of both language and culture. The present research work examined the influence of intercultural communicative competence on the comprehension of English idioms among second-year English students. Specifically, it aimed to determine the source of difficulties in understanding idioms, provide insights into which aspects pose a greater challenge for English students, and examine the effect of the existing intercultural communicative competence on the process of idiom comprehension. Theoretically, it was hypothesized that there is a correlation between students’ intercultural communicative competence and their idiom comprehension process
