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

módní poradce

A designer chose the only flat with a garden and a fashion consultant, Juliet Mann, who is similarly keen on horticulture, chose the only unit with a flat roof so that she could establish a roof-top conservatory above her flat. BNCB

He prefers to structure his shows as an interview session, with fashion consultant Colleen Brand, where the audience can also ask questions. BNCB

As for clothes, fashion consultant Barbara Thomas decided Norma had the poise and presence to carry off a sophisticated designer label. BNCB

módní návrhář

 A TOP fashion designer has won back the son she was accused of stealing. BNCB

They say they've enjoyed the transition from farmer to fashion designer. BNCB

The Venus awards are presented every season for the best fashion designer, make-up, set design, model etc. BNCB

módní časopisy

Because I know Ruth likes clothes too, and reads fashion magazines, I know she appreciates what look I'm aiming for. BNCB

She wasn't a girl at all, in any sense that the fashion magazines would recognize. BNCB

Week after week it's splashed across fashion magazines, alongside tales of her jet-setting travels, stunning performances at fashion shows and star-studded lifestyle. BNCB

model(ka), manekýn(ka)

Although she may have many other fine qualities, she is clearly not an international fashion model. BNCB

She saw him glance at her gracefully curved female body, as beautiful as any fashion model's; but there was no appraisal of her beauty in his eyes. BNCB

Maria das Gracas Meneguel, better known as Xuxa, started her career as a fashion model. BNCB

osoba jako z módního žurnálu, oblečená podle poslední módy

She looked like a fashion plate. BNCB

"Quite a change," said Jane, wondering what mother would have thought of this fashion plate. BNCB

Right, this is a fashion plate; a ball dress in the eighteen-forties, and I'm just showing this actually to make another point; sort of change of direction maybe, because I'm now going to almost undo everything that I've just said, and say that this was the fashion, high fashion of the eighteen forties. BNCB

módní přehlídka

Sally and Edward sat in the very front row of the audience at the Fashion Show on canvas hospital-style chairs. BNCB

But in spite of what had happened at the fashion show she did not think Paula had any hand in it until next day at breakfast. BNCB

IVANA TRUMP and Chris Eubank were just two of the celebrities at Esquire's charity midsummer fashion show. BNCB

oběť módy

This design has been commissioned from award-winning designer Sheila Moxley, and you can be sure that no fashion victim will be seen without one of these on their back in the coming months. BNCB

We were very successful with his extreme, fashion victim look in the mid-1980s. BNCB

Don't let your patient become a fashion victim. BNCB

zajímající se o módu

The UK has the most fashion-conscious record buyers in the world. BNCB

LATEST colour ideas from Courtelle UK provide a tantalising glimpse into what next year's fashion-conscious shopper might be buying. BNCB

Oxfam has launched its new autumn collection of clothes with the boast that the fashion-conscious can dress themselves for just twenty five pounds! BNCB

módní oblečení

I would really like to wear some fashionable clothes on the slopes but haven't got a clue where to start looking. BNCB

She could hear Tess moving about, and then saw Tess leave the house, fully dressed in her fashionable clothes. BNCB

Despite these facts it is still incredibly difficult to find great, fashionable clothes in these sizes. BNCB

zavázat si boty

Well let mummy fasten your shoes first and Grant'll be in from school in a few minutes. BNCB

You should fasten your shoes otherwise you certainly fall. Wasp

My sister is not able to fasten her shoes at the age of 6, I am hopeless! Lingea

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

plstěný klobouk

She was wearing her felt hat and her tweed jacket with the jewelled brooch pinned to the lapel. BNCB

Mrs Browning had a felt hat tied on with a scarf knotted under the chin, a thick tweed suit, woollen gloves, and fleecy-lined suede boots. BNCB

She wore a moulded oval felt hat, with a deliberate dent at the high point. BNCB

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

dělat něco velmi pečlivě

 My accountant is going over my tax return with a fine-tooth comb. (Free Dictionary)

He examined the figures with a fine-toothed comb but found no errors. (YourDictionary)

Immediately comb the hair with a fine tooth comb. (Google)

padnout jako ulitý

Her new dress fit like a glove so she was very happy. IC

Your new jeans fit like a glove. Lingua

My new jeans contain Lycra so they fit like a glove. CIDI

neprůstřelná vesta

Wearing a flak jacket beneath his dark green anorak, Mr Major flew into the former Yugoslavia amid strict secrecy and high security. BNCB

Anyone who gives him a flak jacket (that is, consent) may take it back, but the doctor only needs one and so long as he continues to have one he has the legal right to proceed. BNCB

Osborne too felt his viola was mightier than the machine-guns: he used it as his only protection, making a conscious decision not to wear a flak jacket. BNCB

rozšířené zvonové kalhoty

In the beginning, more than fifteen years ago, when she was much slimmer and wore flared trousers, she seemed to enter a magnetic field whenever she came close to Tom. BNCB

Then he would don his man-made fibre flared trousers of airforce blue and a clean, ironed shirt and drive into the neighbouring town for the opening of the office. BNCB

Master administrator, father figure, the last hope for flared trousers, these are but a few of the attributes a manager must posses. BNCB

kšiltovka

Glancing towards the car park, I am transfixed by the sight of a man in a flat cap cleaning our car. BNCB

On the bank, stood a small man, dressed in a stained old raincoat, wearing a flat cap, fishing tackle packed in an ex-army gas-mask carrier. BNCB

If they went for the traditional look I suppose they'd all be wearing hard hats that looked like the flat cap Victorian cyclists always wore. BNCB

boty s nízkým podpadkem

One day at a time was how it now must be, and this one day she was adrift, tired and hungry, with new flat-heeled shoes that hurt like hell. BNCB

She wore a black sacklike dress, a large silver medallion on a chain, black nylon stockings and flat-heeled shoes. BNCB

Upstairs she changed into trousers and a light sweater and some flat-heeled shoes. BNCB

vietnamky, gumové sandály

Tourists inevitably end up having to buy either wellies or flip-flops when the weather does something perverse. BNCB

High heels would have elevated it to borderline evening wear but she hadn't brought heels with her so she decided on gold leather flip-flops. BNCB

Her working gear comprised an oversized boat-necked T-shirt which had a habit of slipping off one shoulder, frayed denim shorts and flip-flops. BNCB

střílet od boku, spoléhat na instinkt, jednat intuitivně

He was forced to fly by the seat of his pants when nobody was in the office to help him fix the computer. IC

None of us had ever worked on a magazine before so we were flying by the seat of our pants. CIDI

We found our way by the seat of our pants, but if I ever did another jungle trek I'd take a guide. CIDI

sledovat módu

Adults follow fashion in clothes and social habits as assiduously as their children. BNCB

I usually follow fashion very slowly and creep in just as it starts to look dated, but then I think that's the way I should do it. BNCB

Richards is inclined to follow fashion in identifying `;the road lobby'; as a prime cause of our troubles when the great majority of people have access to a car and want to use it. BNCB

formální oblečení

The formal clothes should have made him look more urbane and civilised, but they didn't. BNCB

His clothes were in a heap, sadly formal clothes compared with hers, one sock suspender hanging from a chair-rail, a jacket sleeve turned inside out. BNCB

To leave the ever-present tension of Great Meadow was like shedding stiff, formal clothes or kicking off pinching shoes. BNCB

kolová sukeň

A full skirt of crimson and black swelled over her hips and was lifted and pinned at one side to reveal a cascade of lacy petticoats. BNCB

She hitched the full skirt of her Summer dress up above her knees, and swung her long legs for him to see. 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

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