damp squibfiasko, neúspěch The party turned out to be a bit of a damp squib. Half the people who'd been invited didn't turn up. CIDI But a panel of youngsters asked by TODAY to review the show declared it to be more damp squib than hot stuff. BNC As had happened so many times lately, what looked like a flash of illumination had turned into a damp squib. BNC |
day in, day outden co den Life can become very tedious if you do the same work day in, day out. CIDI If you're using them in industry, day in day out all day long, then that is the real importance of wearing protective gear. BNC Living with her, day in day out, I was beginning to realize how unstable she is. BNC |
dead heatmrtvý závod( nerozhodný) The race ended in a dead heat. CALD The opinion polls show the three election candidates in a dead heat. CALD As a result, Bush finds himself in a statistical dead heat with the opposition nine months before the election. WebCorp |
drive/get/go into a skidjít do smyku Half the drivers surveyed said they'd been in a skid… most reckon they can handle one. BNC In the end not getting into a skid is always going to be better than having to cope with one. BNC Tweed drove into the skid, the car responded, he was free of the skid. BNC |
drop sth like a hot brick/potatozanechat, utéct He dropped the plan like a hot potato when he realized how much it would cost him. CALD Charging pensioners and children for medical prescriptions picked that one up and dropped it like a hot potato and charging for hospital treatment and why so why not do a U-turn on on this one? BNC The government dropped the plan like a hot brick when they realized the bad feeling it was causing. CIDI |
drop sth like a hot potatozbavit se něčeho jako horkého bramboru, utéct od něčeho He dropped the plan like a hot potato when he realized how much it would cost him.CALD
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dry docksuchý dok Although occasionally an older vessel may substitute for one in dry dock, many venerable craft have been pensioned off. BNC The most famous of these, and the only one remaining today is the Cutty Sark, which is now moored in a dry dock at Greenwich in London. BNC The Company were already building ships at their yard which was sited opposite the Customs House and the dry dock helped to consolidate the repair side of the business. BNC |
dry landpevnina, souš We sailed for three days before we saw dry land. CALD If you are not aware of what is happening, the sea could move in behind you and cut you off your route to dry land. BNC The Minister's wife stayed on dry land while he sailed to Gibraltar with Mona, the count, his sons and two Arab girls. BNC |
dry runzkouška nanečisto We decided to do a dry run at the church the day before the wedding. CIDI
It was meant to be a dry run for a much bigger event in September. BNC |
dry seasonobdobí sucha This is what it has been like during the dry season in Brazil for the past two years. BNC Soon the dry season will return and food supplies will disappear. BCN They hibernate during the dry season by burrowing deep into the damp sand. BCN |
dust stormprašná bouře Perhaps the discussion paper is making points that have been obscured by a dust storm of other allegations about the auditing performance of the Big Six. BNC If we were lucky, there were a few minutes in the evening when the wind dropped, the dust storm subsided, and we could brave the mosquitoes and wash the corrosive dust from our bodies. BNC Bouncing along the rubble track, you arrive in the midst of a dust storm of your own creation. BNC |