pohybovat se na hranici zákona 

We may have just enough fuel to get there, but we'll be sailing a bit close to the wind.  CIDI

You really do like to sail close to the wind, don't you? BNC

International: Russia and Ukraine sail close to the wind on Black Sea fleet. BNC  

schovat si něco na horší časy, myslet na zadní kolečka

Put it in a box in your guitar case and save it for a rainy day. BNC

Why save for a rainy day when you can spend now and spend on a rainy day? WebCorp

The government already encourages people to save for a rainy day and save for a pension. WebCorp

schovat si něco na horší časy

Put it in a box in your guitar case and save it for a rainy day. BNC

Luckily she had saved some money for a rainy day. CALD

She has a couple of thousand pounds kept aside which she's saving for a rainy day. CIDI

pařák, hic

And the sporting Volcane version, while hot, is not the scorcher one might expect at the top of so accomplished a line-up. BNC

The Monday had been a proper scorcher. BNC

Summer isn't over yet and next week could well be a real scorcher. BNC

hustá mlha, mrholení

It wasn't a very nice day again; this time there was a good old Scotch mist and it was damp and cold. BNC

We sailed into a murky, airless dawn veiled by the thin drizzle of a Scotch Mist, and I turned in for a few hours. BNC

You could have vanished into a Scotch mist and taken a boat to one of the Western Isles. BNC

mořské pobřeží

Offloading from a tanker on the Pacific seaboard into the pipeline system was last night suspended. BNC

California is the major industrial polluter of the eastern Pacific seaboard. BNC

Palestine remained a passionately felt issue by the Arab masses from the Atlantic seaboard to the Indian Ocean. BCN

jak se věci mají, co se bude dít

I think we ought to talk to other members of staff and see which way the wind's blowing before we make any firm decisions. CALD

The students will predict which way the wind is blowing by looking at the direction the arrow of their wind vane is pointing.  WebCorp

How can you tell which way the wind is blowing? WebCorp

poslat někoho pryč ze hry

Port had seen enough to send him to the showers by the end of the first two terms of yesterday's match of five 20-minute terms. WebCorp

If he said the Oslo agreement was a perfect document, I would have said it was time to send him to the showers. WebCorp

Did the coach yank Strahan from the game and scream at him, or, better, send him to the showers? WebCorp

tetelící se vzduch

She drew in a deep breath as its domes and spires appeared, floating serene and enchanted, insubstantial as any mirage in the shimmering air. BNC

The shimmering air evaporated away to reveal a tiny figure of a man dressed much like he was.WebCorp

The wagon disappears around a bend, a cloud of red dust settles in the shimmering air. WebCorp

bavit se, povídat si, kecat

If anyone would like to shoot the breeze, I sure would like to swap stories.WebCorp

We used to go there to shoot the breeze in the morning, and talk about each other. WebaCorp

Good or bad we want you to air your opinions about the Monitors and don't forget you can shoot the breeze by regular mail or e-mail. WebCorp

zahrnout, zasypat něčím

He showered her with flowers and jewellery. MED

The banks start promising to look after you much better than ever before, and to shower you with presents. BNC

I shall shower you with ravening kisses. BNC

břečka, rozbředlý sníh

After 45 minutes to an hour, the mixture will have frozen to the consistency of thick slush. BNC

Outside there was snow and slush along the streets and sidewalks. BNC

After 45 minutes to an hour, the mixture will have frozen to the consistency of thick slush. BNC

sněhové řetězy

Please note: carrying snow chains in your car is essential in mountain resorts ... whatever the weather. WebCorp

Despite arriving late we caught the tale end of the chaos with people trying to climb the roads withou snow chains or winter tyres.WebCorp

In winter, it is obligatory that all vehicles going to the ski resorts carry snow chains, even when the roads are clear. WebCorp

sněžná čára

The fields around Barnard Castle can be quite green and pleasant, but a few miles further on you meet the snow line. BNC

The family was found near the snow line on the 2,820ft Beinn Mhic Chasgaig and airlifted to safety by RAF helicopter. BNC

Cliffs, stony slopes and alpine meadows in the high Caucasus, up to the snow line, using its very stout bill for scraping in the ground to uproot plants. BNC

lavinový vzrůst

This was not true, but in a largely illiterate society the snowball effect of malicious rumours worried the Bolsheviks, as it had the Tsarist officials before them. BNC

By attracting famous names BPT hopes to create a snowball effect, boosting confidence and encouraging smaller retailers to take up space.

While he made no suggestion that news coverage at the time should have been restricted, Mr Justice Garland said the volume and intensity of publicity had a snowball effect. BNC