(all) hot and botheredvytočený, naštvaný Dad gets all hot and bothered if someone parks in his parking space. CIDI It was too unsettling, made her feel too hot and bothered. BNC She had got herself all hot and bothered and she felt much safer in the water than she had in the barn. BNC |
(come) rain or shineza všech okolností Come rain or shine, I'll be there, I promise. CIDI The working week began every Monday, rain or shine. BNC Every morning at about 5am, come rain or shine, James Zarei leaves his South Croydon home on his morning run. BNC |
a blanket of snowsněhová pokrývka The ground was covered by a thick blanket of snow. CALD They spent their long winters under a deep blanket of snow, singing and creating ghost stories. BNC On Wednesday December 6, the campus of l'Université de Montreal was white with a thick blanket of snow. BNC |
a bull in a china shopslon v porcelánu He was like a bull in a china shop with our new clients. (Google) An extremely clumsy person, as in Her living room, with its delicate furniture and knickknacks, made him feel like a bull in a china shop. (Google) He behaves like a bull in a china shop. (Google) |
a cloud on the horizončerný mrak na obzoru The only cloud on the horizon is the physics exam in June. CALD There was a cloud on the horizon, however, which worried the Bradleys. BNC
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a drop in the oceankapka v moři A hundred thousand may seem a lot but it's a drop in the ocean compared to the millions that need to be spent. CIDI I'd willingly plunge all my earnings into the estate, but I suppose it would be a drop in the ocean. BNC However, I believe this is but a drop in the ocean compared to the vast number of communities that could play some form of active role, however modest. BNC |
a flash in the panjednorázový úspěch, záblesk úspěchu Sadly, their success was just a flash in the pan.CALD Yet England had played so well that, equally, there was no reason to think it would prove to be a flash in the pan. BNC I really did feel like a Queen for a moment, well, even longer when I found it was not a flash in the pan, but that they were really going to stay with us. BNC |
a flurry of snowmetelice There may be the odd flurry of snow over the hills tonight. CALD He opens the door of the shop and a flurry of snow blows in. BNC It was a great relief to him when she stumbled in through the door in a flurry of snow and he set to and made a cup of tea to warm her. BNC |
a gust of windnáhlý poryv větru A sudden gust of wind blew his umbrella inside out.CALD She was aware of the gust of wind but paid no attention. WebCorp The Flyer was slightly damaged on the last landing, and before repairs could be made a gust of wind turned it over and destroyed it. WebCorp |
a horse senseselský rozum Maud talked with a mixture of pedantry and horse sense that impressed him as singular and forcible. (BNCB) I always thought she took me for a crank whose horse sense , if any , was a forced calm not to be heeded. (BNCB) Has he got enough horse sense not to get into debt? (Google) |
a road hogpirát silnic One could never accuse Jacob Rees-Mogg , 22 , fogeyish son of Lord Rees-Mogg , of being a road hog. (BNCB) A road hog is someone who won't let you in, even though it makes no difference to their overall progress. (Google) A goat is driving his car but he is blocked off by a road hog. (Google) |
a sheet of iceledová pokrývka The Antarctic continent is covered with a sheet of ice, thousands of metres thick. BNC As if she were being asked to walk across a sheet of ice, and with every step her confidence was faltering. BNC The main thing to prevent is a solid sheet of ice forming because it acts like a lid and prevents the escape of poisonous gases, given off by deteriorating pond vegetation. BNC |
a snow jobpodfuk, balamucení Danny'll need to do a snow job on his Dad if he's going to borrow the car again.CIDI |
a storm in a teacupbouře ve sklenici vody I think it's all a storm in a teacup - there's probably no danger to public health at all. CIDI By the weekend, however, you'll have the reassurance you crave and see it's all just been a storm in a teacup. BNC It left a little dent in his reputation, but like most such incidents, was a quickly subsiding storm in a teacup.BNC |
a storm of criticismvlna kritiky The announcement provoked a storm of criticism and anxious residents voiced concern over their uncertain future. BNC Next day a violent storm of criticism and derision was let loose in the press, while the long review by Apollinaire in L'Intransïgeant served to establish him as the champion of the group. BNC Roman Catholic bishops have triggered a storm of criticism by saying such domestic violence is "the bitter fruit" of the sexual revolution. WebCorp |