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