The article presents sixteen Serbian idioms and phrasems from Ivo Andrić’s novel Na Drini ćuprija („The Bridge on the Drina“) and its Bulgarian and Czech translated equivalents. The idioms were selected from somatic and faunic sphere. Тhe aim it to present and describe:
- Тhe difference between the translations in confrontation with the original.
- Тhe differences between the translations.
In the paper we concentrate mainly on differences of formal character.
Key words: Serbian phraseology; Bulgarian phraseology; Czech phraseology; Phraseology in Andrić’s novel „The Bridge on the Drina“

