ihned, bez zaváhání, bez čekání

I would go to the India at the drop of a hat. Lingua

I can't go rushing off to Florida at the drop of a hat. CIDI

We now have a situation where laws may be changed at the drop of a hat. CIDI

prát své špinavé prádlo na veřejnosti, tahat hádky nebo problémy na veřejnost

His personal problems are nobody else`s business and he doesn`t like his wife to air his dirty linen in public when they go out with friends. IC

I was brought up to believe that it was wrong to wash your dirty linen in public. CIDI

You shouldn't wash dirty linen in public but, as far as I'm concerned, if it's a reality, it should stand. BNC-B

karta se obrátila

In the past, we had great influence over their economy, but the boot is on the other foot now. CIDI

Sometimes the boot is on the other foot, the cargo is allowed to pass by the British and stopped by the enemy. Times 1940

Now the boot is on the other foot, and again they show signs of falsifying the outlook by interpreting it in the old and doctrinaire terms of class warfare. Times 1949

jednat s kým v rukavičkách

You must handle the new computer with kid gloves as it is very fragile. IC

Kid gloves are gloves made from very soft leather which would feel very soft if someone touched you with them. CIDI

Linda can be a very difficult woman - you've really got to handle her with kid gloves.CIDI

na místě koho, v kůži koho

If I were in your shoes, I'd speak to the boy's parents. CIDI

Poor Matthew. I wouldn't like to be in his shoes when the results are announced. CIDI

I would hate to be in his shoes now that he has lost his job. IC

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nahradit koho, zaujmout něčí místo

When his father retires, Victor will be ready to step into his shoes. CIDI

It will take a very special person to fill Barbara's shoes. CIDI

But a sprained ankle prevented her from dancing, and at the same time created an unexpected opportunity for Miss Mary Munro, of the Ballet Rambert, to step into her shoes. TIMES 1954

kožich

I daren't wear that nice fur coat that cousin Freda gave me in case I get bombed by the Animal Liberation Front. BNCB

The tunic might have a silken decorative border, and in winter a fur coat of ermine would have been worn over the tunic. BNCB

Jennifer wears a sable fur coat around town and drives to her job as a receptionist in a Cadillac. BNCB

s podšívkou, podšitý

Made in the UK to our own design from 100% cotton with a fully lined nylon interior. BNCB

Made in the UK to our own design from 100% cotton with a fully lined nylon interior. BNCB

What it's like: fully lined cover that supports baby's head, adjustable inner seat, padded shoulder straps and waistband. BNCB

podvazkový pás

She'd stripped to her stockings and garter belt, and carried a high stool centre stage. BNCB

Her garter belt was a pre-war birthday present, and she wore a pair of the precious nylons that Sylvia had brought back from the States. BNCB

Clad only in garter belt and nylons, she was confident of her sexual attractiveness. BNCB

obléci se

She kissed him lightly on the lips and rose from the bed to get dressed. BNCB

I think about how I could get dressed up and go out somewhere, for a couple of hours, and just leave it all, because I get so sick of it sometimes… BNCB

The best thing she could do was take a shower, get dressed and go out for some fresh air. BNCB

síťka na vlasy

Dry your hair through an old fashioned hair net or a soft silk scarf. BNCB

Mrs Hill was a small, plump, middle-aged woman, with fine frizzy hair which she encased in a fine frizzy hair net; she always wore a purple and blue flowered pinny, a garment more in keeping with an aunt or a cleaner than with a lover of science. BNCB

On the second day of their slow ride up the river they found traces of Morthen, a snail-shell hair net, slung from the branch of a tree close to the cold remains of a fire. BNCB

boty na vysokém podpadku

It was not only her matching handbag and high-heeled shoes which fired my enthusiasm. BNCB

She had pulled down her veil as she sat down, hitched up her skirt to show pretty feet in high-heeled shoes, and lit a cigarette. BNCB

She was wearing a loosely belted grey dress and black high-heeled shoes with very little jewellery or adornment save a jet pendant at her throat. BNCB

nemít co na sebe

Every girl thinks that she has nothing to wear although the wardrobe is full of clothes. Lingea

But now Miss Kyte must leave you, or she will have nothing to wear for the occasion. BNCB

Kate is doing shoppig all the time and all the time she claims she has nothing to wear. BNCB

turistické boty

The first pair of real hiking boots I ever had were Daisy Roots and I've always been impressed by their comfort. BNCB

It had only taken a matter of yards for her to acknowledge that her sandals made abysmal hiking boots. BNCB

In the kitchen, open shelves are lined with French country pottery and baskets of fruit; in the mud room, row upon row of wellies and hiking boots. BNCB

bunda s kapucí

Jamies wears Marks & Spencer cord trousers, £19.99 and hooded jacket, £47.50. BNCB

They described the man seen leaving the rear of the building as male, white, between 5ft 8in and 6ft tall, and wearing a hooded jacket. BNCB

Nowadays it is in vogue to wear a hooded jacket. Lingea