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

byť bez peňazí

1. Many voluntary organisations are providing care but leaving themselves out of pocket. BNC

2. In most cases, you will be entitled to some financial assistance if you will be out of pocket. BNC

3. The charge generally ensures that the Legal Aid Board is not out of pocket. BNC

byť nezamestnaný

1. Workers at a Merseyide firm were today coming to terms with the news that they will be out of work in the New Year. BNC

2. But even by Stella's reckoning there are a lot of people who know exactly what it is like to be out of work and with little hope of finding a job. BNC

3.  I went home and reported this to mum who explained to me that the fire meant that a lot of people would now be out of work until the Laundry was rebuilt. BNC

byť nedočkavý, dychtivý niečo urobiť

1. At three in the morning he was still wide awake and raring to go. CIDoI

2. Gazza will make his debut in Italian soccer for his new team Lazio within the next eight days, and is raring to go for club and country. BNC

3. But what is certain is that when the new campaign kicks-off on August 14, Rushie will be raring to go. BNC

byť veľmi úspešný

1. If the fashion pundits are to be believed, this Wild West look will be riding high on the beach next summer. BNC

2. America is riding high on a wave of post-Gulf confidence, but one part of the country is still missing out: the poverty-ridden ghettos where millions of black Americans live. BNC

3. When most people of her age are just setting their first tentative steps on the bottom rung of life's ladder, Radio One's most successful, and, it must be said, best-looking; female disc jockey is riding high. BNC

byť zavalený (prácou)

1. I found myself snowed under from the start. BNC

2. She wants me to take some time off but I`m snowed under with work at the moment. CIDoI

3. I'm snowed under with work and I've taken too much time off to be with you. BNC

mať navrch, byť lepší

1. As pure driving machines, there is no real comparison; the Mercedes is streets ahead. BNC

2. It's also an opportunity to say that the US supermarket papers are streets ahead when it comes to headline writing. BNC

3. Its disciplined four-year plans, they say, are streets ahead of the budgeting in most other government bodies. BNC

upadnúť do rutiny

1. He was concerned that they were getting stuck in a rut and that he was not getting much creative thinking, though his company needed innovation for survival. BNC

2. A view emerged that the EC was stuck in a rut, and was losing its vision and direction. BNC

3. It`s clear the economy is still stuck in a rut. CIDoI

stáť za niečím, byť v pozadí (organizátor)

1. There could be one or more brains behind the killing but whoever struck the blow, albeit a henchman, was Kingsmarkham born and bred. BNC

2. While such graphic interpretations of how Hendrix and his music influenced artists of the '60s were important, the brains behind the exhibition felt that the man was too big an icon to remain stuck in the past. BNC

3. Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas, the brains behind all 30 of the Carry On films, remember Carry On Camping as one of their funniest and most successful pictures. BNC

vyznať sa v niečom

1. I'm not very well up on dinosaurs. BNC

2. Not only are they one of the best campaigning organisations around, keeping the welfare of British birds well up on the conservation agenda, their quarterly magazine is full of interesting information on different species as well as tips on the best places to go. BNC

3. I`m not very well up on Ancient Greek history. CIDoI

využiť čas

1. Bide your time, be patient and take the opportunity to think through an ambitious aim. BNC

2. Unfortunately you now appear to be experiencing a rather peculiar phase in which nothing seems to go according to plan and all you can do is bide your time and wait for others to come to their senses. BNC

3. Be patient, tolerant and bide your time. BNC

závazný

"...a binding decission..."

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

práce placená v hotovosti na ruku ("nepřiznané peníze")

business activity and income which people do not record in order to avoid paying tax on it

The recent cocklers’ tragedy at Morecambe Bay is just the tip of the iceberg of a black economy that goes far beyond illegal immigrants.

rande na slepo

1. Once seated , Denice tells us she 's only been on a blind date once before , and that was years ago. WASPS

2. Elham , whom he met on a Beirut blind date, and for whom he converted to Islam, is more blunt. WASPS

3. I agreed to go on a blind dat with one of Savita`s ex-boyfriends. CIDoI