a kickbackúplatek 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) |
iron outurovnat, 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) |
pony upzaplatit, 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) |
hard upbez 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) |
heads will rollBudú padať hlavy, niekto si to odnesie 1. Sir Paul sympathises with Mr Meeks … but says it 's inevitable that heads will roll . BNCB 2. While the selectors have made just one change this time , it seems certain several heads will roll if Australia go two up at Lord 's . BNCB 3. Heads will roll over Athens test blunders. Google |
catch shortocitnout se bez peněz, být bez peněz
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a dime a dozenvelmi 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) |
turnoverobrat, odbyt 1. It is evident that the turnover of the American art market as a whole is the largest in the world . BNCB 2. Hamburger outlets are by far the most important , representing almost 80% of total turnover in the fast food market . BNCB 3. But the question must remain as to whether a Japanese giant with five times the turnover of the Virgin group will be content to stay a minority player in the long term . BNCB |
cook the booksměnit 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) |
grease one's palmpodmazat 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 |
salt awayuschovat, 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) |
to take a nosedivezhroutit 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. |
take a nosedivespadnúť, klesnúť, skolabovať 1. The Chancellor might be forced to raise rates again if sterling took a nosedive , but he did not need to sit with his finger on the trigger . BNCB 2. The global economy took a nosedive, and this became an interesting market segment to Oracle and SAP. Google 3. iSeries revenue, which had been steadily increasing all last year through the third quarter, took a nosedive in the fourth quarter. Google |
Dutch treat or go Dutchjít 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) |
(to) make a go of (something)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 |