one man's meat is another man's poisonco jednomu prospívá, jinému škodí Some people love his music; others hate it. One man's meat is another man's poison. http://home.t-online.de/home/toni.goeller/idiom_wm/id443.htm |
one/you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggsbez práce nejsou koláče saying At dinner that night we were discussing the whole affair and I said:" Oh well, you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs," which led to the classic retort from Ed Prior, my engineer:" Yes, but you didn't have to break the whisk!" BNC But before you can make an omelette you gotta break a few eggs, ain't that so? BNC I think the old point is anyway you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. BNC |
out of the frying pan (and) into the firez bláta do louže He left one job because of the low pay , but in his new one he has to work with unpleasant people—out of the frying pan into the fire! (Longman) |
out to lunchbláznivý, potrhlý, nechápavý; společensky nepřijatelný |
pancakepalačinka, omeleta |
parsleypetržel |
pat-a-cakepaci paci pacičky (dětská hra) And when assembly lasts too long they start getting bored and roll on the floor or play Pat-a-cake.BNC Play finger rhymes like Round and Round the Garden, Pat-a-cake, Row Your Boat, and This Little Piggy. BNC She took a playful swipe at his face, but Harvey caught it on the flat of his hand, then she struck at him with the palm of the other hand and they did a pat-a-cake routine. BNC |
pepper1) /uncountable/ pepř 2) /countable/ paprika |
pie in the skyrajské slasti, vzdušné zámky At first his theories were dismissed as pie in the sky. Macmillan Dictionary |
piece of cakeje to hračka After climbing mountains in the Swiss Alps, going up English hills is a piece of cake. (Oxford Idioms) |
piece/share/slice of the piepodíl na zisku nebo výhodách |
pinch of saltšpetka soli |
plate lunchjídlo z jednoho talíře |
plate warmerohřívač talířů The Eclipse is exceptionally easy to control, with mains electric ignition, a slow cooking facility, a plate warmer (in the grill area) and an oven timer which you can pre-set to switch the oven on and off at times convenient to you (perhaps while you're busy entertaining guests before the meal). BNC |
plates of meatjedenáctky nohy |