vyšňořit se, nastrojit se, naparádit se, přizdobit, převléknout za koho

I decided to dress up to go to dinner on Saturday night. IC

Small children usually love dressing up in their mothers' clothes. CIDI

He dressed up as a cowboy for the party. CIDI

další úspěch, trefa

It will be another feather in his cap if his team wins. Lingua

Winning the speech contest was a feather in his cap and the greatest honor that he has ever won. IC

It's a real feather in our cap to be representing Britain in this contest. CIDI

naparáděný, vyfiknutý

They were dressed to the nines when they went to the opening of the new theater production. IC

They must have been on their way to a wedding or something. They were dressed up to the nines. CIDI

 She wouldn't be here now, dressed to the nines for an evening that would be about as thrilling as an attack of flu, if she hadn't again responded in anger to her emotions. BNC-B

být nápadně, výstražně oblečený, vyparáděný, vyfiknutý

She was dressed to kill when I saw her at the sales convention. IC

Rosie emerged from the house, dressed to kill and clutching a bottle of champagne. CIDI

He had just completed his preparations --; dressed to kill would have been an apt description of his appearance --; when suddenly he froze, head cocked in a listening attitude. BNC-B

dát padáka, vyhodit,  dát kopačky (partnerovi)

They gave him the boot for swearing at his manager. CIDI

She gave him the boot because he wouldn't stop talking about his ex-girlfriends. CIDI

Did she tell you why she got the boot? CIDI

vystrojit se, vyšňořit se

I saw her at the concert last night and she was all decked out in a beautiful silk dress. IC

Stanton was decked out in cowboy boots and a work shirt. CIDI

She had helped enthusiastically with the costumes, making for Mary a trailing blue robe of cornflower taffeta, her own Cambridge May Ball dress sheared apart at the seams, lending or donating bright belts and beads to deck out the three kings, one of whom wore a peacock-feathered turban made of the shot-silk stole she had worn with that dance dress. BNC-B

papouškovat, tupě opakovat

A parrot is a bird that can repeat words and noises it has just heard.CIDI

When I went to Sunday school, we had to recite passages from the Bible parrot-fashion.CIDI

Dealers would repeat this parrot fashion in the same optimistic note that the director had used on them. BNC-B

být neposeda, chvíli neposedět, mít roupy

You are moving around as if you have ants in your pants the teacher said to the little boy. IC

She's got ants in her pants because she's going to a party tonight. CIDI

He has ants in his pants as he is going to the concert tonight. Lingua

chytit, přistihnout koho při činu, in flagranti, nachytat na švestkách

He was caught with his pants down when he was asked for the figures but was unable to produce them. IC

Apparently he was caught with his pants down. His wife came home to find him in bed with the neighbour. CIDI

He asked me where I'd been the previous evening and I was caught with my trousers down. CIDI

praskat ve švech, být nacpaný k prasknutí

The train station was bursting at the seams as everyone was waiting to go away for their holidays. IC

When all the family come home the house is bursting at the seams. CIDI

The ground will be bursting at the seams and buzzing and we can be encouraged by the fact that have tended to produce our best form against the big sides. BNC-B

pálit koho v kapse (peníze, chtít rychle utrácet)

The money that he made at his part-time job is burning a hole in his pocket and he will probably spend it quickly. IC

If money is burning a hole in your pocket, you are very eager to spend it. CIDI

Very few working men or women are able to save one dollar out of any week wages, and money kept at home are liable to burn a hole into the pocket. Times 1915

roucho Adamovo/Evino

The little boy was running around the picnic site in his birthday suit. IC

Babies are naked at the time of their birth.CIDI

He walked out of the bathroom in his birthday suit - obviously not expecting to find anyone in the flat.CIDI

máknout na čem, opřít se do čeho, pustit se do něčeho

He'll have to buckle down (to his work) soon if he wants to pass these exams.CIDI

I told her that it was time that she buckled down and began to work harder than before. IC

The first afternoon of the course, we did nothing, as the participants all had to buckle down and clean out the premises, including the lavatories and the windows. BNC-B

mít brouka v hlavě, být posedlý myšlenkou

She has a bee in her bonnet about going to the USA. Lingua

She has a bee in her bonnet about going to live on an island and starting a herb farm. IC

She's got a real bee in her bonnet about people keeping their dogs under control.CIDI

pod pás, nečestný (chování)

I think that he was hitting below the belt when he began to criticize me after I told him my true feelings on the matter. IC

In a boxing match it is wrong to hit the person you are fighting against below the belt.CIDI

It was below the belt to mention his brother's criminal record. CIDI