zabezpečenie finančných príjmov

1. There were times when he suspected he was just a meal ticket to her. BNC

2. Gone are the days when a university degree was a meal ticket for life. CIDoI

3. Sir Nicholas Fairbairn, a former Solicitor-General for Scotland, said some lawyers were deliberately spinning out cases and were on to a meal ticket. BNC

zbytočne niečim strácať čas

1. We've added controls which take full advantage of the instant responsiveness and controllability of gas, so you needn't make a meal out of cooking up a snack. BNC

2. I only asked her to write a brief summary of the main points but she made a real meal out of it. CIDoI

3. Grandmother Maidment was a good manager, a good cook who could make a meal out of nothing and was especially expert with currant duff, steamed suet pudding made in a cloth. BNC

pracovať dlho do noci

1. You'll burn the midnight oil just to earn a crust. BNC

2. To become a doctor, you have to burn the midnight oil. Google

3. I`ve got to get this report finished by tomorrow so I guess I`ll be burning the midnight oil tonight. CIDoI

ráno po party, "opica"

1. Frank`s go a bad case of the morning after. CIDoI

2. Sarella had never faced the awkwardness of the morning after, to get up and go to the bathroom. BNC

3. It was the morning after the three nights before; a bank holiday weekend rave party that started on saturday and was still going strong last night. BNC

schopnosť zarábať peniaze

1. Kylie was an overnight sensation, a pop princess with the Midas touch, so ordinary and yet so electrifying. BNC

2. John Major, he said, had the exact opposite of the Midas touch. BNC

3. Profits are down-has that 80s entrepreneur lost his Midas touch? CIDoI

mať veľa rečí a žiadne skutky

1. He knew his son was all mouth and trousers. BNC

2. She says she`ll complain to the manager but I think she`s all mouth. CIDoI

3. You`re all mouth and no trousers. Why don`t you just go over there and ask her out? CIDoI

šéf, hlava

1. Turner nearly became Mr Big at Barnet a couple of years ago when he fronted a consortium negotiating to buy the club from chairman Stan Flash&rehy. BNC

2.Mr Big of this particular syndicate turned out to be a wealthy bookmaker who owned a Newmarket racing stable. BNC

3.   Kenny Dalglish was last night named as the new Mr Big of Premier League football ; by rival boss Bobby Gould. BNC

psychiatri

1. Now you can send for the ambulance, send for the straitjacket, send for the little men in white coats. BNC

2. He did not wake when the usual procession of night sisters and men in white coats came in and out. BNC

3. The men in white coats will be coming to take me away if I stay in this job much longer. CIDoI

robiť niečo nasilu

1. Cos there's no point in coming back and doing a second appointment and just go through the motions because that will lead to what? BNC

2. Players just go through the motions and their lack of pleasure is conveyed to the crowds. BNC

3. The person who is justified, the church which believes this, Christians who believe in a God who changes lives, cannot just simply go through the motions. BNC

naložiť si viacej práce, než sa dá zvládnuť

1. I thought I could finish this report within a month, but I bit off more than I could chew. Google

2. I went skiing last weekend and I went down the most difficult hill first. I bit off more than I could chew. Google

3. I want you to think carefully about how many people you need for this project. Be sure not to bite off more than you can chew. Google

zlatá baňa

1.Video hire stores say if the movie is a money spinner in the cinema the general video release could well be delayed making the sale of pirate tapes particularly lucrative. JTW

2.Fibres had been one of ICI's big money spinners, but by the time Haslam joined the division nylon was already making a loss and polyester was about to collapse, having been a `jewel in the crown'. JTW
3.It's a bargain for you and a money spinner for the airline, which can take the lion's share of the profits. JTW

byť na to finančne zle

1. Many of the students were in the red at the end of their first year. CIDoI

2. On a weekend when the Rugby Union cleared more than £1 million from their international against South Africa at Twickenham, the players who attracted another full house are in the red. BNC

3.

nový šéf, ktorý prináša veľa zmien

1. By then the company seemed set to make a fresh start under a new broom. BNC

2. On my advice, the board have determined to sweep a new broom through the club, and wheely-bin those who no longer make the grade. BNC

3. But there was a new broom coming into the English Faculty at this period and, although younger than Simpson, Wilson, Garrod and the rest, he appeared to be more radically reactionary. BNC

nováčik

1. Foo was perceived as the new kid on the block, the angry young gunslinger who had ridden into town to test his draw against the ageing marshal. BNC

2. What with the Santa Cruz Operation's new president Lars Turndal being the new kid on the block and a stranger to most of the people who'll have to deal with him, we thought we'd give a little of his background. BNC

3. Realizing I was the new kid on the block in this job, I was determined to prove myself. CIDoI

prelomový

1. These exchanges are a ground-breaking insight for neo-conservative realism. BNC

2. It'll be ground-breaking research. BNC

3. British science has an unrivalled reputation for ground-breaking research. BNC