drink sb under the tableopít někoho do němoty When you've drunk the crew of a Grinch pirate skiff under the table, there's precious little you can't do. BNC |
drink the waterspít léčivou vodu, léčit se v lázních The fashion for spas has died out in Britain, but in Germany and Italy there are still spas where people gather to drink the waters and undergo hydrotherapies. BNC To drink the waters of Undry would heal any hurt, still any grief, and bring understanding of every mystery that weighs on humankind. BNC |
drink to sb's healthpřipít na zdraví Let's drink to his health and finish the bowl. BNC |
drinking waterpitná voda These people get their bath water from the river and their drinking water from a large well outside the town. (English Idioms and how to use them) |
drive a person to drinkdohnat někoho k pití alkoholu While making Mutiny on the Bounty in Tahiti, the megrims of working with Marlon Brando drove him to drink more than usual. BNC |
drop (a pinch of) salt on the tail of a birdnasypat vrabci sůl na ocásek |
drop a t. like a hot potatoutéci od čeho, pustit co jako by to pálilo In these conditions, the type of homosexuality that is mediated through pop music can only go just so far: in a perfect paradigm, Frankie Goes to Hollywood exploited the gay image of lead singers Paul Rutherford and Holly Johnson -- for "Relax" -- and then dropped it like a hot potato as soon as another marketing device -- this time, nuclear war became available for "Two Tribes". BNC Charging pensioners and children for medical prescriptions picked that one up and dropped it like a hot potato and charging for hospital treatment and why so why not do a U-turn on on this one? BNC |
drunk as a lordopilý namol I couldn’t understand what the man was saying; he was as drunk as a lord . Longman And Finnegan spendin' what little money he has on drink, rollin' home at all hours of the night from the pubs in the village, drunk as a lord. BNC When I came round they gave me a large tot of whisky, another injection of morphia and sent me off to Imtarfa, as drunk as a lord. BNC |
drunk or soberopilý nebo střízlivý adjectives in idiomatic order But drunk or sober, he was always careful. BNC Most people didn't try wit or persuasion on her, drunk or sober. BNC |
drunken quarrel/brawlopilecká hádka, rvačka The last Advice I shall give you, relates to your Behaviour when you are going to be hanged; which, either for robbing your Master, for House-breaking, or going upon the High-way, or in a drunken Quarrel, by killing the first Man you meet, may very probably be your Lot… BNC |
eat a p. out of house and homevyjíst někoho, přivést na mizinu, zruinovat In those times, a poet could descend on you with all his retinue and eat you out of house and home. BNC Then in a matter of days, or even one day, are they not up and about again eating us out of house and home? BNC "You must eat your wife out of house and home," commented Duncan. BNC |
eat a p.'s saltjíst čí chléb, být koho hostem |
eat crowmusit spolknout hořkou pilulku |
eat dirtplazit se v prachu, ponížit se, pokořit se |
eat humble piekát se, lézt ke křížku, omluvit se (pokorně), podrobit se (pokorně), pokořit se, uznat chybu (pokorně) Come and take potluck eat humble pie whatever. BNC Of course John, her husband, told Elizabeth that Ivy had been right about the fuse-boxes: they just hadn't come to her notice, so she had to eat humble pie. BNC Eat humble pie and get used to it mate. BNC |