Friday, 17 May 2024, 10:21 AM
Site: OpenMoodle
Course: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Glossary: MONEY

cash in one's chips

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)

lose one's shirt

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)

worth one's salt

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".

scrape together

dát dohromady, nashromáždit

  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)

money to burn

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)

buy something for a song

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)

make a bundle

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)

flat broke

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.

pick up the tab

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

bet one's bottom dollar

vsadit poslední peníz

I can tell you I've no intention of letting her slip away from me, and I'll bet my bottom dollar she's not going, either. (BNCB)

You can bet your sweet bottom dollar that more prominent businesses receive even more spam than I do. (Google)

I'm getting my pictures developed tomorrow, but you can bet your goddamn bottom dollar I'm not putting them on a disc. (Google)