THE IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS OF THE QUEEN’S REVEALED IN THE LYRICS OF A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

Ludviantri, Yuniar, 2019. The Idiomatic Expression revealed in the
Queen’s by Lyrics of A Night at The Opera. Final Project, English Education
Department, Faculty of Language and Arts Education, University of PGRI
Semarang. Advisor I: Dr. Nur Hidayat, M.Hum. Advisor II: Dias Andris, S.Pd,
M.Pd
This final project is conducted in order to analyze the types of idiomatic
expressions found in Queen’s Lyrics on ―A Night at the Opera‖ album. The
objectives of this research are, 1) to find out the categories of idiom in the song
lyrics of Queen album entitled ―A Night at the Opera” . 2) to find out the idiom
meaning found in the song lyrics of Queen album entitled “ A Night at the
Opera” .
This research uses descriptive qualitative method. The object of this research
is an album entitled “ A Night at The Opera” by Queen. In observing data, the
observation has five steps. The writer downloads the lyrics and the songs of
Queen’s album ―A Night at the Opera‖, listening to the songs, reading the song
lyrics, Identifying song lyrics, and classifying the data.
As the result of this research, The writer finds 116 idioms in the Queen’ s
album “ A night at The Opera” . The Writer finds those Idiomatic Expression
based on the context of sentences in the song lyrics. From the analysis , the writer
discovers that the idiomatic of Queen’ s album “ A Night at the Opera” are
Similies (10%) contains 12 idiomatic expression, Binomial (22%) contains 26
idiomatic expression, Euphemisms (11%) contains 13 idiomatic expression,
Cliche (3%) contains 3 idiomatic expression , Fix Statement (41%) contains 49
idiomatic expression, Proverb (5%) contains 6 idiomatic expression, Other
Languages (7%) contains 8 idiomatic expression. Idiomatic expression meaning
can be found in some ways. They are by understanding the whole song, looking at
the format of the lyric, enriching our vocabularies, knowing the types of the
utterances, and by using translator application.
The researcher suggests that students can use song lyric because it can make
the learner more interest in learning and get a fun experience in learning idiomatic
expression. Then, teachers can use English song with the lyric as a media in
teaching. By using English songs and the lyrics, learners can recognize many
idiomatic expressions easier. The readers should analyze the object of this
research further from its other aspects.
Keywords: queen band, idiomatic expression, song lyrics