lodičky

Cinderella's Slippers will cover your favourite pair of court shoes in the fabric of your choice for shoes that perfectly match your wedding dress or going away outfit. BNCI

She dressed carefully, green herring-bone tweed suit, pinch-waisted, court shoes, very plain, and a complicated face, the tricky little eyeliner triangles at the lid-corners almost smudged by the swaying train. BNCI

With low-heeled black court shoes, and delicate gold hoop earrings, she felt as confident as she could be, in the circumstances. BNCI

připravit se trvrdou práci, pustit se do čeho

Our local team need to roll their sleeves up and put a bit more effort into their football. CIDI

Let`s roll up our sleeves and begin to work so that we can finish early. IC

I think they'll have to recognize that it's gonna be roll your sleeves up and we're go we aren't gonna be able to do all of the things we wanted to do, and that's the price we're gonna have to pay.  BNC-B

mít úspěšně za sebou, mít na svém kontě

Now that you have experience working for an international company under your belt you will have more chances to apply for a better job. IC

She was a capable individual, with fourteen years as managing director under her belt. CIDI

He has several major drama awards under his belt. CIDI

být velmi silný, hodně vydržet

'Do you think Grandad will ever recover?' 'Of course, he's as tough as old boots.' CIDI

He's as tough as old boots, but playing with drugs is still a mug's game. BNC-B

And she has shown already, beneath her frail exterior, Kylie is as tough as old boots. BNC-B

být celý nervózní a zkroušený

My heart was in my boots as I waited for the results. Lingua

His heart was in his boots as he waited for news of the accident. CIDI

Why was your heart in your boots? What happened? WASPS

utáhnout si opasek, uskromnit se

If we want to going on a holiday to Europe this year we will have to tighten our belts and begin to save some money. IC

I've had to tighten my belt since I stopped working full-time. CIDI

When my father died, we had to tighten our belts to survive. BNC-B

podlézat někomu

They are windbags who lick boots for status. WASPS

I'm not prepared to lick someone's boots to get a promotion. CIDI

Far too much boot-licking goes on in this office. CIDI

mít srdce na dlani, mít co na srdci, to na jazyku

She is wearing her heart on her sleeve and everyone knows that she is having problems with her boyfriend again. IC

John's always worn his heart on his sleeve, so there's no doubt who he'll be supporting. CIDI

It is not always great to wear your heart on your sleeve. Lingua

žít v odříkání, asketicky

I don't think you have to put on a hair shirt in order to be a socialist. CIDI

The food certainly does not wear a hair shirt, and nor does Rex, ebullient and gregarious, ensuring a meal at his place is a sort of crazy party with himself as the slightly eccentric host. BNC-B

If Cleo represented a hair shirt, he would wear it, and withstand the chafing. BNC-B

počůrat se, pomočit se

Small children frequently wet their clothes. Lingua

She was feeling really embarrassed because she wet the clothes before my eyes. Lingua

It is not normal to wet the clothes at the age of seven. BNC-B

teplouš, homosexuál

He was taunted by a chorus of adolescent gay haters shouting 'shirt-lifter!'. CIDI

Nowadays it is very common to meet shirt-lifters in the streets. Lingua

His parents didn´t know what to do when they found out that Jack i a shirt-lifter. Lingua

zapálená lýtka, nadrženost, obtažené sexy kraťasy

During the Seventies a hazy eroticism was on offer every week, courtesy of Pan's People in their gold Lurex hot pants. BNC-B

Bikini bottoms look more like high-waisted hot pants, while swimsuits are squared off across the thighs or skirted. BNC-B

During the Seventies a hazy eroticism was on offer every week, courtesy of Pan's People in their gold Lurex hot pants. BNC-B

být hlava rodiny, rozhodovat

I don't think there's any doubt about who wears the trousers in their house. CIDI

She seems to wear the pants in her family and is always telling her husband what to do. IC

My wife is trying to wear the pants in our family, but it is impossible. Lingua

snobský, afektovaný

We liked the restaurant's food but not the fancy-pants decor. CIDI [always before noun]

I don't know what she sees in that fancy-pants college professor of hers.CIDI

Claude Rains or Sydney Greenstreet, or one of those fancy-pants villains. BNC-B

chytrák, přemoudřelec, rozumbrada, chytrolín

That old smarty pants Dr Samuel Johnson was fond of saying that a woman preaching was like a dog standing on hind legs --; it was not done well but it was surprising to find it done at all. BNC-B

Cindy, the little smarty pants, will be the first to tell us where we went wrong. CIDI

Decorators have an extremely bad public image because they have fostered a sort of social, smarty pants, flimsy image of being delicate, emotional and over elaborate. Times 1968