přivést (něco) k úspěchu

Still, the Poles appear determined to make a go of it. BNCB

Now she was set to make a go of her programming business, and nothing was going to stop her. BNCB

They therefore faced no option other than to make a go of the business. BNCB

velmi levný

1. Books like this are a dime a dozen.(Cambridge)

2. The champions from the NBA are not exactly a dime a dozen. (JustTheWord)

3.Those 'antiques' are a dime a dozen.(Google)

úplatek

It forbids bribery or kickbacks in any form to anyone in the public sector. (Just the Word)

A kickback may be in the form of cash or favors, and can be legal or illegal. (Google)

TI will coax companies to stop paying kickbacks and bribes and officials to stop receiving them. (Just the Word)

být zase na začátku

'It is shocking .We are back to square one , ' said a senior official at Jordan 's Foreign Ministry. BNCB

I was absolutely devastated. It was back to square one : telly 24 hours a day. BNCB

Rejected at that level, he was back to square one , at a disadvantage. BNCB

jablko sváru

This was another bone of contention with Adeane . BNCB

The real bone of contention -- as if you didn't know -- is money. BNCB

Mr Zhao 's fate, and by association his legacy, have become a big bone of contention in the leadership. BNCB

(u)živit rodinu

1. I can't sit around all day - someone's got to bring home the bacon.(Cambridge)

2. FC Copenhagen will have identical twins hoping to bring home the bacon when the Danes

come to town for Thursday's European Cup encounter. (JustTheWord)

3. Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon.(Google)

koupit něco za babku

You can buy them for a song (as it were), slip them into your computer’s CD writer, and burn your own music mixes in a matter of minutes. (Google)
Along with former city planner Edmund Bacon, Mr. Peterson attracted well-heeled friends to buy property for a song in the area. (Google)
Dick introduced us all to the Black Elks Club, a place where you could buy hot jewelry for a song. (Google)

prodat něco (všechno) za účelem získání peněz (větší finanční částky)

1. I think it's time to cash in our chips. It's the only way we can pay the bill. (google)

2. As opposed to a regular poker game, a player cannot cash in his chips during the tournament. (google)

3. I decided it was time to cash in my chips and smell the real money. (google)

1. That's for you when you get caught short. (BNCB)
   
2. I'm caught short. Can you you lend me some money so I can pay for my lunch? (Google)

měnit nelegálně záznamy v účetních knihách společnosti, falšovat

1. The accountant was cooking the books for over a year before he was caught. (http://www.learn4good.com)

2.We're not going to cook the books or lie about the health of our business. (http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com)

3. One of the directors had been cooking the books and the firm had been losing money for years. (http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com)

stát balík, majlant

The Armani cost an arm and a leg.

Exhibitor pulls back the curtain on this expensive show service and provides six key factors that explain why this service often costs an arm and a leg.

jít napůl, platit každý za sebe, každý za své (na rande, schůzce...)

1. We went to the movie as a Dutch treat so it didn't cost me much money. (http://www.learn4good.com)

2. This is not the time to go dutch because a) an invitation is an invitation, and b) it would upset the natural order of things. (google)

3. When you're invited to a 'Dutch treat' or a 'Dutch luncheon,' the host expects each guest to pay his own way. (google)

vyhovovat, zcela odpovídat požadavkům

I think that the new equipment should fill the bill for us.

He's a first-rate economist who's got a good understanding of public policy and certainly would be somebody who could fill the bill.

It looks terrific and I'm sure it's going to fill the bill perfectly.

(Google)

úplně švorc

Mary recalls how they were flat broke and almost living hand to mouth. (BNCB)

Nothing to say, dear girl, your papa is flat broke, that´s all there is to it. (BNCB)

As they bicker, Panama is flat broke.

podmazat koho (na dlaň), podplatit koho

In return, he used his position on a House subcommittee that oversees defense appropriations to steer defense contracts toward the firms that had greased his palm. Google

He apparently has cleared her debts (something he promised to do if she married him) and many times has greased her palm with cash. Google

vypracovat, vytvořit, zplodit (zdlouhavě)

The new French government of Emille Ollivier tried to hammer out a revised constitution for the reformed Empire. (BNCB)

I managed to hammer out the brief for the marioc debate in the nick of time. (Just the Word)

You don't have to hammer it out just because we are being recorded, Jeremy!

bez peněz

1.You don't feel nearly so hard up with eleven pence in your pocket as you do with a shilling.   (Google)

2.The only thing I can think about now is being hard up.(Google)

3.We're a bit hard up at the moment so I can't really afford a new coat.(Google)

urovnat, vyžehlit, doladit, vyladit

How to iron out those long-term problems? (BNCB)

That will iron out the ambiguities and imprecisions of everyday speech. (BNCB)

'And kissing me isn't going to iron anything out.' she said calmly. (Just the Word)

prohrát kalhoty

City commissioner Ed Phillips didn't lose his shirt playing cards this week. (Google)
If he were more honest and upright he'd lose his proverbial shirt on every day on every transaction. (Google)
He said he'd lost his shirt on that race. (Google)

vydělat balík

When the market went up they made a bundle. (Google)
Will the devopers make a bundle off the disaster? (Google)
Manfred made a bundle selling real estate. (Google)

1. She is forced to buy things from charity shops to make ends meet. (BNCB)
   
2. It was the time of their lives when they found it hardest to make ends meet. (BNCB)
   
3. She is unemployed and depends upon benefits to make ends meet. (BNCB)

peníze na rozdávání

Christine's new boyfriend seems to have money to burn. He's always buying her extravagant gifts. (FreeDictionary)

Of course, Bennett will have money to burn until he keels over dead. (Google)

She´s bought brand new shoes, I can´t believe she can afford them. - Well, she has money to burn.(Google)

zatáhnout (= zaplatit) účet

In addition, my company will pick up the tab for all legal and moving expenses. BNCB

He wouldn't pick up the tab for anyone else. BNCB

Despite the fact that the public purse had been so shamefully ripped off by the sales and the asset stripping, it was left to the ratepayers, through the local authority , to pick up the tab. BNCB

prasátko (pokladnička)

Drag five coins into the piggy bank that add to 27 cents. (Google)
Money is falling out of the sky and you have to collect it in your piggy bank. (Google)
Piggy banks are used to reinforce ideas of savings and spending to children; money can be easily inserted, but the pig must be broken open for it to be retreived, forcing the child to justify his or her decision. (Google)

zaplatit, uhradit

The auto maker says it will pony up 200-thousand dollars to spur the adoption of older wild horses held in captivity. (Google)

NY hospital groups want insurers to pony up for IT. (Google)

You creeps have to pony up more than $3.2 mil to see more than this!!  (Google)

uschovat, našetřit (peníze)

These accounts might allow millions of workers currently without a pension to salt away some money for their twilight years. (Google)

He has been working there for seven years and has been able to salt away quite a lot of money. (Learn4good)

That would see his second son through college, allow him to salt away more savings from yearly wages averaging close to $90,000 including substantial overtime pay, and earn additional future pension benefits, Krzeszewski says. (Google)

1. It was hard for him to scrape together more than a few coppers at a time. (BNCB)
   
   
2. After some persuasion on his part he managed to scrape together four reluctant nominees. (BNCB)
   
   
3. I don't know how I'm going to manage to scrape together that much money by then. (BNCB)

prodat za babku

Mr. Dougherty brought all his influence to bear to have a railroad
built through the township, and when the Chicago and North Western was
built he sold the company the town site for a mere song. Google

Owing to low prices and other difficulties of that pioneer era, they did not, generally speaking, remain longer than the time required by law in order to obtain patents to their land. Frequently they sold their holdings for a mere song; perhaps a team and wagon, a few cows or horses, etc.Google

vysolit peníze

Fixed wireless subscribers will have to shell out more. (Google)

Season ticket holders to shell out $5000 to keep seats. (Google)

You could shell out dough for software that fills Windows' gaps. (Google)

zbohatnout

New breed of Texas tycoons strike it rich with technology investments. (Google)

Young entrepreneurs strike it rich online. (Google)

In 1849, thousands of people headed out west to strike it rich, changing America forever. (Google)

1) We went to lunch and I was caught short and had to ask Tom to pay the bill.(Google)

2) I'm afraid I'm caught short. Could you lend me a few dollars? (Google)

3) We may need to become more realistic about our spending so that we're not caught short with expenses that exceed our income, warns First National Bank.
(Google)

zhroutit se, zkrachovat

1) The global economy took a nosedive, and this became an interesting market segment to Oracle and SAP. (Google)

2) Although she seemed to recover physically, her career took a nosedive, and she made her last film in 1953.(Google)

3) My social life took a nosedive. Often I wouldn't make any evening plans, so I could be free to go home after work and get into bed at whatever hour I liked.
(Google)

stát za něco, být něco platný, být na svém místě

Even today, a good employee is said to be worth his salt.

No man worth his salt, no man of spirit and spine, no man for whom I could have any respect, could rejoice in the identification of Tallulah's husband.

The Greeks traded slaves for salt, and a bad slave was "not worth his salt".