ochutnať viťazstvo

1. Senate Republicans have now tasted blood, and the President's own party members in Congress are expressing doubts about tying their political fates to the indecisive fledgling in the White House. BNC

2. But the speculators have tasted blood and could yet force a devaluation of the franc. BNC

3. The Welsh team tasted blood in the local championships and want to play national level now. CIDoI

užívať si život, baviť sa

1. If attending a wedding or party of close friends, you should have the time of your life. BNC

2. He had the time of his life working on the ranch. CIDoI

3. If you can spend five weeks having the time of your life and get paid at the end of it, why not? BNC

mať navrch, mať veci pod kontrolou

1. At half time, the Italian team seem to have the upper hand. CIDoI

2. This debate, as well as a straw poll taken in the morning, confirmed that the reformers, though short of an absolute majority, now have the upper hand. BNC

3. We must destroy them now, while we yet have the upper hand. BNC

 čítať

1. He always had his nose in a book. BNC

2. When I was at college I used to have my nose in a book rather than join one of the societies and almost rebuffed overtures, as I was so scared of not knowing what to talk about. BNC

3. My daughter reads all the time. She`s always got her nose in a book. CIDoI

mať navrch, byť lepší

1. King 's Signet , impressive winner of the ultra-competitive Stewards Cup at Goodwood , holds all the aces in the Doncaster Bloodstock Sales Scarbrough Stakes. WASPS

2. World No1 Hendry held all the aces for the second-season professional , who scored 51 points in the first frame , eight in the third and none in the other three. WASPS

3. In the battle between road builders and environmentalists, the road builders seem to hold all the aces. CIDOI

niekde sa dozvedieť, jedna teta povedala

1. He heard on the grapevine that I was interested in this place, and came to me, not without considerable risk to himself. BNC

2. And I hear on the grapevine Trumphauser at Cornell is giving him a chapter to himself in his book on British working-class literature. BNC

3. I'm surprised I haven't heard about you on the grapevine. BNC

vysoce placený job,

high-profile job, particularly in banking and financing

zodpovedné zamestnanie

1. I have an extremely high-powered job; I have just signed a contract with a major new client. BNC

2. Annsley has a very high-powered job and a hectic business schedule, but he finds coaching as a great escape valve and a chance to relieve tension. BNC

3. Many of the skills we acquire on the most mundane level are exactly the same as those that are needed in any high-powered job; the ability to manage people, to organize schedules, make the most of limited resources, to keep calm in a crisis, and to encourage those dependent upon us. BNC

hneď sa pustiť do práce

1. In short, after promising to hit the ground running, people wonder why the President has become the leader of the Slow Is Beautiful Movement. BNC

2. Their purpose is to allow any new administration to hit the ground running, as one senior source put it. BNC

3. If elected, they promise to hit the ground running in their first weeks of office. CIDoI

ísť do postele, ísť spať

1. I hit the hay before 11:00 p.m. every day. Google

2. After supper he hit the hay. He was exhausted. Google

3. We have to get an early start tomorrow. Maybe we should hit the hay now. Google

ísť do postele, ísť spať

1. I suppose he came into my room for a few minutes to see a book I'd been telling him about, then he left and I hit the sack. BNC

2. I`m going to hit the sack-I`m exhausted. CIDoI

3. It's getting very late. It's time to hit the sack. Google

• If only we had held off from making that agreement so soon, we would have had time to make a more thorough examination of the likely consequences. - kdybychom jenom byli počkali a neuzavřeli tu dohodu tak brzy, ...
  

držať krok s, byť rovnako dobrý

1. She can hold her own in any debate on religion. CIDoI

2. The French franc held its own against the D-mark. CIDoI

3. Well, you learned to hold your own in those days. BNC