široké, neforemné kalhoty

What is often dismissed rather contemptuously as baggy trousers and tunic by English people exists in fact in a variety of styles. BNCB

The tramp clown is the one that usually appears in a circus with baggy trousers and overlarge shoes. BNCB

The modern femme fatale in baggy trousers, sloppy T-shirts and Doc Martens. BNCB

plesové šaty

She wore a yellow taffeta ball gown with black pumps and matching bum bag for her liver treats! BNCB

She was wearing what seemed to be a red silk ball gown, embroidered with silver flowers on the bodice and very long and full in the skirt. BNCB

For the funeral attended by 150 family and friends at Crawley, Charlotte was dressed in her favourite ball gown. BNCB

baletní obuv, tzv. piškoty

He'd walk me home from school and it's often said that he carried my ballet shoes, which sounds kind of romantic, but he actually did sometimes, if I was carrying a whole load of things. BNCB

Then she opened her eyes, and rose to her feet She was wearing a black shirt outside black jeans, with black ballet shoes. BNCB

I should get her the ballet shoes cause it was a ballet dancing that would be very appropriate and I'll get her some flowers. BNCB

sukénka baletky

To make a Liberty Belle: white ballet skirt with a layer of blue net dotted with silver stars. BNCB

Paint the top part of the ballet skirt --; the body part under the neckline a sparkly silver, using a paint brush and food lustre. BNCB

This usually includes leotards, ballet skirt and ballet shoes. WebC

baseballová čepice

He used to play baseball and he wears a white baseball cap that one day may become as famous as Pat Cash's chequered headbands. BNCB

For Mr Rushdie wore huge, bright orange-rimmed sunglasses and a baseball cap. BNCB

Just to fool any assassins, he wore huge orange-rimmed sunglasses and a baseball cap. BNCB

koupací čepice

Jazz was frowning too, from natural inclination, mostly at having to wear a bathing cap, which he hated. BNCB

A minute after I got into the water a large woman in an orange bathing cap swam up and asked if I was a newspaper correspondent. BNCB

Alice, more sporty, boasted navy blue knickerbockers and striped jersey, without stockings, and serviceable yellow jaconet bathing cap. BNCB

dámské plavky

A tall, well-built girl in a star-spangled bathing suit knelt by Miss Liberty, and picked up the coronet. BNCB

Emmie ran across the fields to the pits, towel and bathing suit flapping from her arm. BNCB 

She was looking very pretty in her bathing suit, her hair still damp from swimming. BNCB

mít plnou pusu řečí (ale skutek utek)

He knew his son was all mouth and trousers. BNCB

He is always all mouth and trousers but he is a lier. BNCB

Don´t be all mouth and trousers! Do it right now! IE

být úplný cvok, být vzteky bez sebe

A long time ago, people who made hats used a substance that gave them an illness which made people think they were crazy. CIDI

Her brother's as mad as a hatter. CIDI

From what I can gather he was as mad as a hatter, and really no good at all. BNCB

být hebký jako samet

He showed her the stables, and one of the old mares nuzzled Isobel's hand, with a mouth as soft as velvet. BNCB

The products leave the skin as soft as velvet. WebC

Her fur is short and as soft as velvet. WebC

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 komu v patách

Dr Grange walked through the ward with a group of student doctors at his heels. CIDI

With so many promising young contenders at his heels, Roper can't afford to make any mistakes. CIDI

There are many younger women snapping at her heels, eager to replace her as company director. 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

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

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

být těšně v patách

She ran down the steps with a group of journalists hard on her heels. CIDI

They know we're hard on their heels and they've got to win their next three games to retain the championship. CIDI

The thief couldn´t escape because John was hot on his heels. BNCB

v módě, módní, moderní

Things looked different about a generation ago, when the New Left was still new and the texts of the young Marx were in fashion. BNCB

Hmm hmm I know because it's back in fashion but this was built initially this was something that you could find very much in thirties. BNCB

A giant poster advertising Calvin Klein shorts for men, which stood in Times Square, New York in the early 1980s, inaugurated a new freedom in fashion's portrayal. BNCB 

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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být v módě, moderní, módní

About this time crochet garments were in vogue, so I answered another advertisement. BNCB

They were made in silver, Sheffield plate or earthenware and were in vogue from the mid-18th century until about 1820. BNCB

The micro is currently much in vogue, and indeed my presentation is followed by a presentation specifically on the subject of micro computers. BNCB

být pěkně oblečená

Being well-dressed doesn't improve a person's ability to do accounts, or whatever. BNCB

He is always well-dressed, usually in smart suits and casual shirts, though in deference to the Jewish tradition which he discreetly adorns, he rarely wears a tie. BNCB

 She was accompanied by a dark, well-dressed woman. BNCB

být až po uši zamilovaný

It's obvious that they're head over heels in love with each other. CIDI

As soon as we met we fell head over heels in love. CIDI

I fell head over heels in love with Simon on our first date.CIDI

vyjít z módy, nebýt módní

Tie Rack looks rather out of fashion as sales slow down Outlook. BNCB

On the western side this was always an area characterised by a militancy which is presumably going out of fashion now too. BNCB

These are as out of fashion as boned corsets or shoulder pads. BNCB

porazit, převálcovat na plné čáře

The mathematical odds against you producing a new miracle are incalculable, and there can scarcely be a permutation that hasn't been tried before, but it has happened, and no doubt will again, that an amateur somewhere in a small garden with limited resources will beat the pants off the professionals. BNCB

She beats the pants of her brother whenever they play scrabble. IE

The team of Red Wings will beat the pants off the Nashville players, I am sure. IE

porazit na plné čáře, převálcovat, nudit se k smrti, být vyděšený k smrti

I hate sunbathing. It bores the pants off me. CIDI

Horror films scare the pants off me. CIDI

The mathematical odds against you producing a new miracle are incalculable, and there can scarcely be a permutation that hasn't been tried before, but it has happened, and no doubt will again, that an amateur somewhere in a small garden with limited resources will beat the pants off the professionals. BNC-B

zvonové kalhoty

Other retro favourites are flares and bell-bottoms, such as all-in-one Barbarella-style pants suits, skimming the body down into gentle flares. BNCB

They called the shots while we were still tiny, and they didn't spring into crushed velvet bell-bottoms in 1966, just because it was a happening thing to do. BNCB

MADONNA appears in the new US Vogue magazine in a variety of retro '60s fashions, including neo-Janis Joplin gear, hip-hugger bell-bottoms, and an almost see-through top costing $800. BNCB

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

dělníci, manuální pracovníci

Blue collar workers in the factories and shipyards were demanding wage increases. CIDI

They are hoping the new factory will create many more jobs for blue collars. CIDI

 Stanley & Iris Once one has got over the novelty of seeing Jane Fonda and Robert de Niro don blue collars to play working-class lost souls, Martin Ritt's adaptation of the novel Union Street (set on Teeside) is fairly absorbing. BNCB

čepice s bambulí (pletená)

She's got this cute little duffle coat on and a bobble hat with her hair sticking out the bottom. BNCB

They put a temporary dressing on his cut nose and his wife puts a bobble hat on his head. BNCB

I was still trying to work out what that meant as she flurried off up to her bobble hat in snow. BNCB

kotníčkové ponožky (dívčí a dětské)

A frightening and under-hand piece of work that must be addressed, since a whole new generation of Pop kids are now getting into `;the bobby socks and engine-stripping club; Weltsschmertz} of Grease --; a musical that came out before The Manic Street Preachers were born . BNCB

The Fifties meant sand shoes, bobby socks and net skirts for Muriel Knowles on the nights --; and afternoons --; she spent out dancing. BNCB

She was wearing cute pink bobby socks together with a beautiful pink skirt. IE

motýlek

He was painted by Modigliani and Picarbia in a white shirt and tiny bow tie. BNCB

He constantly fiddled with that badge of office, a ready-made, multicoloured, bow tie, as he talked to Jane. BNCB

Medallion silk waistcoat and bow tie from Oxford and Swan, perfect for your groom or best man. BNCB

buřinka

A caricature of the city gent was achieved by the combination of crombie, bowler hat and black umbrella, which sometimes had a sharpened ferrule. BNCB

He described James as of medium height, aged about thirty, dark, with a moustache, and wearing a scruffy frock coat and bowler hat. BNCB

He was talking with a tall, overweight man, dressed in Whitehall pin-stripe and bowler hat. BNCB

hedvábný klobouk

With the long beard and the sort of box hat. BNCB

She stalked off across the road, her box hat jammed firmly on her head and her mouth set in a mutinous line. BNCB

She fanned herself with the box hat. IE

boxerky, trenýrky

He undressed, but could not bother to do so in the proper order, to remove his socks before stepping out of trousers and boxer shorts. BNCb

Nat let him in and went to fetch Tony who appeared wearing a pair of boxer shorts and a big smile. BNCB

The walkers still have some finger nails left and don't have skid marks in their boxer shorts. BNCB

boxerské rukavice

The view through the small rear mirror is rather limited, as Jill Stanton has mentioned before, and the manual wing mirrors are so stiff that trying to fine-tune them is like trying to thread a needle wearing boxing gloves. BNCB

Mine had been a decade earlier when Marcel Marceau removed my hands from behind my back; hands, which at that period didn't resemble hands at all, but strawberry coloured boxing gloves. BNCB

There were shoes and coats from Marks and Spencer, the National Sporting Club sent a pair of boxing gloves and an Essex butcher provided beef sausages for all, once a week. BNCB

svatební šaty

Emma Samms (above) even had one leg chopped off to get into her bridal gown  BNCB

Stiff, but at least there's no bridal gown, going-away dress or morning suit to buy. BNCB

For her wedding to Captain Mark Phillips in 1973, she wore a high-necked, princess-line bridal gown in ivory silk by Maureen Baker of the design house Susan Small. BNCB

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

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

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

bavlněné safari - košile s páskem a čtyřmi kapsami

She had dressed her hair with a dark, crocheted net beneath her sun helmet and put on new, snug-fitting breeches and a tailored bush shirt that flattered her slender, shapely figure. BNCB

Her bush shirt was sticking to the small of her back and she could feel tiny rivulets of perspiration trickling between her breasts. BNCB

She closed her eyes to hide her revulsion as he pressed his open mouth against hers and began fumbling with the buttons of her bush shirt. BNCB

tmavší vycházkový  oblek

But Hank protested firmly that he wanted a dark business suit, three white drip-dry shirts, dark socks and tie, black shoes, a light overcoat and an appropriate hat. BNCB

A few seconds later a smug, exhausted man in an impeccable business suit went staggering past. BNCB

 Rex took a deep breath, sprang out from hiding and drew down upon the boy in the business suit. BNCB

na knoflíky

It was so dark a blue as to be almost black, with button-down cuffs and epaulettes and a broad welt that fastened around his hips with a buckle. BNCB

A chalk grey suit, a new starched white shirt, a tie with diagonal stripes, the shirt with a button-down collar. BNCB

Crew necks were worn with button-down collars kept inside the neck. BNCB

límeček s knoflíčky ve špičkách

A chalk grey suit, a new starched white shirt, a tie with diagonal stripes, the shirt with a button-down collar. BNCB

He was dressed in plus fours, tweed waistcoat (the jacket, and his waxed Barbour were hanging behind the door of the bothy), thick socks, brogues, and a fawn country shirt with a button-down collar. BNCB

Talbot looked at Dr Wickram who, in startling contrast to Benson, was thin, dark and immaculately dressed in a blue suit, white button-down collar and a black tie, the funereal hue of which went rather well with the habitual severity of his expression, and said: `;Does your interest in nuclear physics extend to nuclear weaponry, Dr Wickram?'; BNCB