sabato, 18 maggio 2024, 08:50
Sito: OpenMoodle
Corso: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Glossario: CLOTHES
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pull one´s socks up

plivnout si do dlaní, pustit se do práce

He's going to have to pull his socks up if he wants to stay in the team. CIDI

Why don't you just pull your socks up and smarten yourselves up? BNCB

Oh yes, every month I call him into the office and I say, it still isn't good enough, pull your socks up. BNCB

pull the wool over sb´s eyes

věšet někomu bulíky na nos

Don't let insurance companies pull the wool over your eyes - ask for a list of all the hidden charges. CIDI

No, we're not trying to pull the wool over your eyes. BNCB

Someone is trying to pull the wool over your eyes. BNCB

put a sock in it

držet jazyk za zuby

Put a sock in it! Some of us are trying to work around here. CIDI

That sort does all sorts of silly things, till experience tells them to put a sock in it. BNCB

Edward Pearce's Sketch Some people really should put a sock in it! BNCB

put on clothes

obléci se

This form of guidance may be used where any instruction involving movement is refused; not tidying up is an obvious one, and failing to put on clothes, replacing knocked over objects are all suitable for the guidance of a child's limb to complete the instructed task. BNCB

First the sadness and disarray, then the evanescent transcendence; then the bodies put on clothes again, and there is a prowl of word and gesture before they go their separate ways. BNCB

Put your clothes on - we're going out. WebC

put on/wear a hair shirt

žít v odříkání, asketicky

I don't think you have to put on a hair shirt in order to be a socialist. CIDI

The food certainly does not wear a hair shirt, and nor does Rex, ebullient and gregarious, ensuring a meal at his place is a sort of crazy party with himself as the slightly eccentric host. BNC-B

If Cleo represented a hair shirt, he would wear it, and withstand the chafing. BNC-B

put/bet one´s shirt on st.

vsadit poslední košili, všechno

I put my shirt on the last race and lost everything. CIDI

Now put your shirt on, and get out of here. BNCB

Oh, why don't you go and put your shirt on? she exclaimed in confusion. BNCB