polícia

1. First thing tomorrow he was going to phone the Chief Constable to request copies of everything the Old Bill found out. BNC

2. He called in the Old Bill over hack attack. Google

3. The Old Bill was round here yesterday, asking where you were. CIDoI

starí zamestnanci

1. It might be the place where the young of the West come to be seen, but it is the old guard who hold their ground, the poets and writers, pamphleteers and musicians who leave their mark on the atmosphere of this enchanted city. BNC

2. His sudden rise ruffled the feathers of the old guard, "the men with beards"; as he contemptuously called them. BNC

3. She has tried to resist attempts by the old guard to halt the reform process. CIDoI

Starého psa novým trikom nenaučíš.

1. They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but I'm living proof. BNC

2. "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" means "I'm not going to change the way I do this." BNC

3. You`re never going to teach your father at the age of 79 to use a computer. You can`t teach an old dog new tricks, you know. CIDoI

človek skúsený vo svojom odbore

1. She`s an old hand at magazines, having trained on Cosmopolitan before editing Company. CIDoI

2. I was the new boy at the office, he the old hand wondering what to make of me; but if he was having second thoughts he dismissed them in a sudden grin. BNC

3. Friedersdorf, by contrast, was an old hand in the field of congressional liaison, having worked in the area for Nixon and been Ford's chief of legislative liaison. BNC

 ťažko riešiteľný problém, tvrdý oriešok

1. I find this a very hard nut to crack. BNC

2. In other words, though the UK may be a hard nut to crack, Christians are better positioned than any grouping other than Muslims to effect change here in an understanding of and commitment to strengthening the poor. BNC

3. A company whose product has sold well in the States may find the European market a hard nut to crack. CIDoI

človek, ktorého práca je spojená s matematikou alebo s číslami

1. A successful corporate financier needs to be more commercial, more extrovert and more ambitious than the average number cruncher. BNC

2. Observers suggest that the appointment of a number cruncher to the key advertising role is a mark of Ford's predicament. BNC

3. She may not look like a number cruncher but she`s with a big firm of accountants. CIDoI

pracovať bez prestávky

1. He keeps his nose to the grindstone and thinks everyone else should. BNC

2. Keep your nose to the grindstone and you'll pass the final exam. Google

3. I`ve only got sex weeks before my exams start so I`m trying to keep my nose to the grindstone. CIDoI

zbohatlíci, ktorí vystavujú svoj majetok na obdiv

1. For Americans she had scant respect and considered them to be nouveau riche upstarts, not good enough to hold a candle to the real thing. BNC

2. Nouveau riche is more interesting to look at, but of course boring to talk to. BNC

3. He is one of the country`s noveau riche who have made fortunes in shipping, hotels, and real estate. CIDoI

 čítať

1. He always had his nose in a book. BNC

2. When I was at college I used to have my nose in a book rather than join one of the societies and almost rebuffed overtures, as I was so scared of not knowing what to talk about. BNC

3. My daughter reads all the time. She`s always got her nose in a book. CIDoI

niekto, kto pracuje dlho do noci, nočný vták

1. Non-members may use unbooked courts or play a game with a member on payment of the day membership (guest) fee; unless you are an early bird or night owl where the guest fee is waived for players vacating courts before 09.00 or on court after 22.30. BNC

2. A night owl from his youth, he is rarely in bed before 4 o`clock. CIDoI

3. People called night owls function best late at night and feel drowsy and lethargic during the day. Google

najstaršie remeslo (prostitúcia)

1. Migrant campesina women can rarely expect to find jobs other than in domestic service or the informal sector, although, of course, for all women, the oldest profession; prostitution; offers an alternative to unemployment. BNC

2. Again by tradition, it's the oldest profession, it's always been with us, possibly always will. BNC

3. I believe she made a living in the oldest profession in the world. CIDoI

výnosná práca

1. With an eye for a nice little earner, Del Trotter dictated his letter of application to chief sports writer Roy Collins. BNC

2. For actor George Cole from Stoke Row in Oxfordshire, the role is a nice little earner. BNC

3. That waitressing job`s a nice little earner. CIDoI

byť o krok vpred

1. His working methods were very different from those of Graham Rowell and she found she was constantly on her toes to try and keep one step ahead of him in anticipating what he would want next. BNC

2. I try to keep one step ahead of the rest of the staff, making sure that there's a continuity of work for them, and I like to try to mix their work as much as possible. BNC

3. Foxes have the intelligence to remain one step ahead of trouble. BNC

byť vo výhode

1. We're one up on the men's team. BNC

2. The thought that she was the one with a boyfriend with a car made her feel very important, she was one up on Paula for a change! BNC

3. We`re one up on the other bars in the area because we`ve got live music. CIDoI

pustiť sa do niečoho s vervou

1. The tabloid press went into overdrive at the news that the princess was getting married again. CIDoI

2. With her exams only two weeks away, she`s gone into overdrive and is studying ten hours a day. CIDoI

3. Barry Lane went into overdrive in Switzerland, but still could not keep up with speeding Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez. BNC