hacking jackettvídové sako Above, Slater sported a well-worn hacking jacket over a black shirt and a black bow tie which appeared to have lots of small, dull red stones set in it. BNCB Sir, i it was a terrible brief point about clad in jodhpurs, riding boots and hacking jacket but all the point that I was going to make that I've heard about riding roughshod over Europe but Mr Deputy Speaker this is ridiculous. BNCB I saw him wearing a worn out hacking jacket, he should buy a new one. Wasp |
hair netsíťka na vlasy Dry your hair through an old fashioned hair net or a soft silk scarf. BNCB Mrs Hill was a small, plump, middle-aged woman, with fine frizzy hair which she encased in a fine frizzy hair net; she always wore a purple and blue flowered pinny, a garment more in keeping with an aunt or a cleaner than with a lover of science. BNCB On the second day of their slow ride up the river they found traces of Morthen, a snail-shell hair net, slung from the branch of a tree close to the cold remains of a fire. BNCB |
hand-me-down(s) (clothes)obnošené oblečení, odložené šactvo During his childhood growing up on a farm he wore many hand-me-down clothes. IC As a child I was always dressed in my sister's hand-me-downs and I longed for something new to wear. CIDI Things are so grim that the pals are throwing in hand-me-down clothes for the baron's American wife Jeannie. BNC-B |
handle/treat sb with kid glovesjednat s kým v rukavičkách You must handle the new computer with kid gloves as it is very fragile. IC Kid gloves are gloves made from very soft leather which would feel very soft if someone touched you with them. CIDI Linda can be a very difficult woman - you've really got to handle her with kid gloves.CIDI |
hard hatochranná přilba He took off his hard hat and wiped his brow, after checking for scaffolding. BNCB Next to the notice was a fat man in blue dungarees and a white hard hat. BNCB A hard hat can protect you from having a metal spike go through your skull and into your brain. BNCB |
hard/hot on the heels of stbezprostředně následovat A film contract came hard on the heels of the success of their first album. CIDI Her succes came hot on the heels of the book edition. Wasp What should come hot on the heels of being rude? IE |
hat shopkloboučnictví Would she be like the Misses Cardings, the three spinster ladies who kept the hat shop beyond the tobacconist's? BNCB The next minute she was running out of the yard and into the street again and into the shelter of the doorway leading into the hat shop. BNCB They turned away and she walked up the street, past the baker's, past the shoemaker's, and the hat shop, and she rang the bell that was attached to the wall at the side of the door leading into the sweet shop. BNCB |
have a bee in one´s bonnetmít 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 |
have an ace/card up one´s sleevemít eso v rukávu I still had a card up my sleeve in the form of a letter from his father. CIDI The new game show has an ace up its sleeve. It will allow viewers to play from home and win prizes. CIDI She surprised all of us, we didn´t know that she has had an ace in her sleeve. EI |
have ants in one´s pantsbýt 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 |
have nothing to wearnemít co na sebe Every girl thinks that she has nothing to wear although the wardrobe is full of clothes. Lingea But now Miss Kyte must leave you, or she will have nothing to wear for the occasion. BNCB Kate is doing shoppig all the time and all the time she claims she has nothing to wear. BNCB |
have st under one´s beltmít 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 |
have st up one´s sleevemít schované v rukávu (pro příhodnou dobu) If this trip doesn't work out I've still got a few ideas up my sleeve. CIDI He didn´t lose his head, he had another anwer up his sleeve. Lingua They had many excuses for their absence up their sleeve that I couldn´t say anything. IE |
heart is in one´s bootsbýt 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 |
high fashiontop móda (tvořená špičkovými světovými salóny) We grew up in a world of chainstore high fashion, middle-of-the-road revolution, cover-version original pop music. BNCB It manufactures high quality men's leather Goodyear welted and high fashion Dr Martens footwear under licence. BNCB Those ladies slim and brave enough to wear the high fashion were ethereal in gauzy dresses that clung to their bodies as they moved. BNCB |