marná snaha

They are usually eager to end this barren effort.  WebCorp

Without our knowing or feeling it, this apparently barren effort has brought more light into the soul. WebCorp

Notwithstanding that, his expressions in public, in a barren effort to allure the North Carolinians to his cause, and in his letter to Lord George Germaine, did not convey his weakness.WebCorp

vyhřívat se na slunci

When it’s too hot to view game, a sparkling pool provides the ideal place to bask in the sun.  WebCorp

Emerging from the bottom of the pond, the turtles bask in the sun to speed up their metabolism. WebCorp

Gardeners in colder climates overseas commonly put it where it can bask in the sun, even growing it against a sunny wall to show off its yellow flowers in summer. WebCorp

být úplně mimo

Most doctors agreed that the scientific evidence in the report was simply all wet. CIDI

But with so many inaccuracies, this article is all wet indeed. WebCorp

As that little chart on this page comparing growth in GDP with no-growth in jobs shows, so far they've been all wet. WebCorp

studený jako psí čumák

One minute you're like fire in my arms, the next you're as cold as ice. BNC

He's good and great, but as cold as ice. BNC

Feel my toes - they're as cold as ice. CALD

zdravý jako řípa

I'll be as right as rain as soon as I take my pills.CIDI

 I'll put you in charge of the guard and you'll be as right as rain.' BNC 

She was as right as rain two days ago," Jenny said," and she was well all winter. BNC 

zmrzlý až na kost

After an hour on the mountain, we were chilled to the marrow. CIDI

The thought made him flush hot with embarrassment even though chilled to the marrow. BNC

He'd got chilled to the marrow last night and he needed a drop of something to keep out the cold. BNC

chabá útěcha

The doctor said only his legs are paralysed, not his whole body, but I think that will be cold comfort to him. CIDI

But this opposition misleads; charisma is cold comfort without expert management.  BNC

It's cold comfort, of course, when there isn't much of a market to have a share of.  BNC

mít hotovo, vyhráno, být za vodou

With this discovery the concept of sea-floor spreading was home and dry, and almost universally accepted. BNC

But even then employers are not necessarily home and dry. BNC

The village has however survived one of the wettest Octobers on record, so people living there are hoping they're now home and dry. BNC

očekávat déšt´

The weather forecast says we're in for heavy rain this evening. CALD

As we tour around the sky is filled with lightening flashes and it looks like we are in for rain to Perth.  WebCorp

This morning a great darkness came over the sky and we thought we were in for rain at last when the storm broke, in all its' fury, all we had was more wind. WebCorp

být v problémech, v kaši

The morning's adventure had apparently left him in hot water with the lady of the moment. BNC

You keep me in hot water all the time. BNC

He found himself in hot water over his speech about immigration. CIDI

být ve svém živlu

Kate, of course, was in her element, making all the arrangements. CALD

Shortly after moving into her apartment she found a job where she was truly in her element. BNC

After a while, the bullying at school didn't affect me too much, and I was in my element with all the wildlife around me. BNC

být předmětem kritiky

International aid agencies were in the eye of the storm when war broke out in the country. CIDI

We are in the eye of the storm but with little control over the action. WebCorp

Madonna likes being in the eye of the storm but this time she was safely tucked away in New York. BNC

viset ve vzduchu

From my recent conversations with Sara I get the feeling that change is in the wind.CIDI

Accordingly, important events appear to me to be in the wind.WebCorp

This sort of sweetener came out of the bag, it certainly has heightened speculation that an early election may be in the wind. WebCorp 

být v suchu

Your financial situation can improve, but you may have to wait until next year before you are entirely out of the woods. BNC

But Mr Major and his Government are not yet out of the woods. BNC 

The scheme is not out of the woods yet; and rather than break the law Maxen last week filled in the local VATman's registration form. BNC

být odvolán kvůli dešti

His hockey match was rained off. CALD

Lanchester, who have been rained off in two matches this season, are at Ushaw Moor, while Sedgefield take on Tudhoe. BNC

Five cricket fans, refused a ticket refund when an England game was rained off, were celebrating a test case victory yesterday.  BNC

promoknout na kůži

The rain was so heavy we were soaked to the skin after only ten minutes.CIDI

By the time he had reached the shelter of the station he was soaked to the skin. BNC

I was soaked to the skin, my hands so cold I could hardly keep hold of the tiller. BNC

být zavalen ( prací)

It had been swamped with work in the first months after the allowance's introduction. BNC

I felt swamped with liquefying despair, weak enough for tears. BCN

No wonder MI6 and the CIA had been swamped with material. BNC

být namol, opilý jako Dán

Bobby was already three sheets to the wind when we arrived. CIDI

When you look through the eyes of a sailor it's easy to see how someone who's had too much to drink is three sheets to the wind. WebCorp

When he left the bar, he was three sheets to the wind. WebCorp

nezaměnitelná minulost

We certainly had our disagreements in the past, but that's all water under the bridge now. CIDI

That was a long time ago, there's been a lot of water under the bridge, why not talk again ? BNC

But it's all water under the bridge for this season and Linfield must now concentrate on bridging the gap between themselves and their Danish visitors. BNC

mít vyražený dech

When I turned to look back at him after a short canter, he was winded and scared with barely enough strength to stay on his horse. BNC

Nearly everyone has been winded at some point in their sporting career. WebCorp

Marie felt her legs give way beneath her, she sat down on the edge of the pavement, feet in the gutter, doubled-up, sick and winded as if someone had punched her in the stomach. BNC

řezavý, chladný vítr

Then she retreated into the entrance to the Metro out of the biting wind and opened it. BCN

I must find a telephone, Harriet thought, as she hurried, head bent against the biting wind, along the Paris street. BNC

The biting wind drove the snow before it, so that the whole dale seemed to be lost in a grey mist. BNC

náledí

The previous year her chief secretary had travelled home on black ice and thick snow. BNC

I hurried on, slipping on the black ice, cursing and praying, hammering at the doors I passed but I was so cold I could hardly cry out. BNC

Braking on black ice will cause a slight melting of the surface layer of the ice, producing a very thin layer of water. WebCorp

proud vzduchu

An icy blast of air hit Dad full in the face, taking with it the matches, ash and fag-ends and strewing them over his head and chest. BNC

blast of air knocked him over but he managed to crawl through a tunnel under Euston Road. BNC

When they got outside, the early afternoon heat hit them like a blast of air from the Underground. BNC

kam vítr, tám pláštˇ

It's impossible to have a relationship with someone who blows hot and cold all the time. CIDI

Sophie kept blowing hot and cold about the idea of working abroad. CIDI

In our many dealings with the police we have found that they can blow hot and cold.  BNC

být zmodralý zimou

His eyes lit up when he saw the fire, for his hands were blue with cold. BNC

Doug emerges from the cabin looking blue with cold. BNC

We, the young graduate law-abiding wives of the thirties, cried ourselves as our babies went blue with cold…BNC

bouřlivý, větrný den

This required little other than turning up in Edgware wearing white on a somewhat blustery day.  BNC

Spectators on a blustery day not far from The Wash were rewarded for their dedication. BNC

Even when the line on the barograph shows no sign of an upturn and forecasts a wet, cold, blustery day? BNC

strašné horko

The force of the blast was such that skylights were blown in, and boiling hot mud and ashes rained down on those below decks, killing many and scalding others. BNC

He talked about Hell being a boiling hot lake full of venomous serpents. BNC

I'd gone stone cold but felt boiling hot. BNC

vyprahlý

More likely the net was carried away because the ground was bone dry and hard and I hadn't been able to push the stakes deep enough into the soil. BNC

To get away with it at all, the wines must be bone dry, so that there's no food (ie sugar) for any possible remaining bugs. BNC

The Wey springs have failed in Alton this year leaving the river bed bone dry, the frogs still return. BNC

mrzne, až praští (velmi chladné počasí)

It's brass monkey weather today, isn't it!  (The Free Dictionary)

It’s minus one degree Celsius, in what meteorologists describe as "brass monkey weather" in Queenstown. (Goole)

I hope you don't freeze - it's still brass monkey weather here. (Google)

prolomit ledy

If you've just moved to a new area a good way to break the ice for you and your child is a parent and toddler group. BNC

It was imperative to come here quickly, break the ice and get that acceptance. BNC

A personal conversation, a telephone call or a letter may be all that is necessary to break the ice and start the work of reconciliation. BNC

jasno a slunečno

The modern bedrooms are bright and sunny and all the twins have balconies and private bathrooms. BNC

The day was bright and sunny, but in the wood the light was dim and everything was still and silent. BNC

It's so bright and sunny out there you forget that it's so cold as well. BNC

chytrák

The growers appeared to be facing ruin until one bright spark hit on an idea. BNC

should have realised that genius, as some bright spark in the office said, has a lot to do with genes. BNC

So some bright spark produced small tasty jam-filled doughnuts and said they were the missing holes. BNC

světlé místo 

Last there is a bright spot in the long dark history of Alzheimer's disease, the most prevalent senile dementia. BNC

One bright spot will be a new materials research centre at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California. BNC

The only bright spot was provided by software and services, where turnover increased by 4.3% and 12.1% respectively. BNC

lít jako z konve

It´s going to bucket down with rain later.BNC

It had been bucketing down when she'd left home that morning. BNC

As she was undressing it began to rain again, and soon it was bucketing down. BNC

za světla

There are some goods whose colour you can only see by daylight- and there are many professors the colours of whom you can only see by daylight. WebCorp

Featuring three levels of service, our train travels by daylight from Livingston to Missoula, Montana, then onward to Sandpoint, Idaho, or reverse. WebCorp

KODAK GOLD, GOLD MAX, ROYAL GOLD, and ADVANTIX Films are designed for exposure by daylight or electronic flash. WebCorp