sobota, 4. května 2024, 10.40
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from top to toe

od hlavy až k patě

He gazed at her across the room, dressed in black leather from top to toe.(thefreedictionary)

Robin observed him furtively as he trimmed his staff, measuring him from top to toe from out the corner of his eye, and thought that he had never seen a lustier or a stouter man.(thefreedictionary.com)

Discover how Clarins Hydra-Care range can help you maintain the ideal moisture level to keep your skin looking fresh and supple from top to toe. (Google)

bone of contention

jablko sváru

Now, my dear souls, don't let us quarrel and make Rose a bone of contention.(thefreedictionary)

The family property was a major bone of contention when their father died. (esl.about.com)

Pets are a new bone of contention in US courts.(Google)

bad blood

zlá krev

"If there is bad blood between you and them," said I, to soften it off a little. (Google)

But don't imagine to yourself that I make myself bad blood on that account. (Google)

If we had not been all nearly on an equality in the matter of wages, these distinctions would have made bad blood among us. (Google)

from the bottom of one's heart

z celého srdce, ze srdce, srdečně

We would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all your help. (Free Dictionary)

And I say from the bottom of my heart, I am so happy to be back in South Africa. (Free Dictionary)

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being the best sister anyone could ever have. (Google)

stand shoulder to shoulder

stát bok po boku

We knew that the man who had been attacked was there, and we knew that O and Boy were standing shoulder to shoulder in our midst, we saw them in the centre of the mirror, saw ourselves standing beside them.

Bereavement is the one battle in which people dice with a death that has already occurred in order to survive all the dangers of the loss and deprivation it brings, and it takes courage to stand shoulder to shoulder with someone who is in the thick of it.

And when home skipper Kepler Wessels, an Afrikaaner, completed a commanding century, blacks and whites stood shoulder to shoulder in the stands to applaud. (BNC-B)

have a chip on one’s shoulder

mít komplex méněcennosti

Charmless Mark developed a chip on his shoulder because so many of the other boys were much richer than him. He always wanted to be a tycoon.

His background might have given him something of a chip on his shoulder; he was a Sephardi, an Israeli descended from Jews who came from Arab lands, rather than an Ashkenazi, the elite of Israel .

He had a bit of a chip on his shoulder because he felt that other people who were not so good but who had the right background and connections had gotten ahead of him.

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to the bare bones

do základů

Taylor was down to the bare bones today when only 14 of his England squad took part in his first Bisham training session.

Let Me In, the song for Cobain, is stripped down to the bare bones of voice and abrasive guitar, chilling and unsettling in its raw intensity.

Silhouettes are crisp and clean - cut and fabrics are plush, yet it is the determined way in which designers have stripped down the look to the bare bones which makes it appear quite so elementary. (BNC-B)

a bone of contention

jablko sváru

France has a persistent trade deficit with Germany and this is sometimes a bone of contention between the two countries.

But Ilona's alter-ego remains a bone of contention between them. He accepts her porno past but demands from her a virtuous future.

If it failed to prove adequate to secure full employment, then changes in taxes to encourage private investment and consumption should be made, but the question of budget deficits remained a bone of contention.

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feel something in one’s bones

cítit co v kostech

I had a feeling McCartney was reported as saying that what my friend told me was true. I could feel it in my bones. And I have something to back up my suspicions.

Then simply take my word for it, she said consolingly. You will see your prince again and be very close - I feel it in my bones!

It's all going to be perfect! I just know it! I can feel it in my bones!

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drag one’s heels

chodit kolem horké kaše

While it was clear that as long as unanimity or qualified majorities were required, it was possible, as several of the member states were to do, for states to drag their heels and delay a programme.

No doubt the rest of Europe will say yes to that, but the British Government will, as usual, drag their heels on such a development.

I am very sad that the Government - for the next few months, anyway - are trying to drag their heels and opt out of so many important aspects of what the Community is doing.

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follow in one’s footsteps

jít ve šlépějích koho

But the bulk of his beers come from Belgium, where some of Rex's happiest moments have been passed in breweries, sometimes following in the footsteps of Michael Jackson, who has graced the Cook's Delight annual beer tasting.

Mitsubishi is expected to be the next Japanese company to begin car manufacture in Europe following in the footsteps of Nissan, Toyota and Honda.

He could have followed in the footsteps of some of his more notorious predecessors, by gambling, drinking and scandalizing society.

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put one’s foot down

šlápnout na to

I'll tell him about that later. I should have just put my foot down and knocked him over.

I wasn't getting any respect, any money; I couldn't even get hold of Richard when I wanted to, so I decided to put my foot down and straighten things out

But I put my foot down. I wanted to act. It was my choice and nothing was going to get in my way. (BNC-B)

get itchy feet

mít toulavé boty

Jane tried to comfort Flora by telling her that her own two younger children had got itchy feet at sixteen too, and left school: her son had gone on to a sixth form college which he found highly satisfying.

He's getting itchy feet and will soon be back riding for trainers.

And I sort of started to get itchy feet to come back and do things in the early eighties and that's when I went to Liverpool.

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get off on the wrong foot

vykročit nesprávnou nohou

Dyson got off on the wrong foot with Morris from the very beginning, even though Morris politely stopped writing while Bob introduced them.

There doesn't seem to be anything to live for, she said. I got off on the wrong foot, and I'm never going to get it right now. It's too late.

I always seem to do my best when the big players are around on the big occasion, not at smaller tournaments like these. Montgomerie got off on the wrong foot by commencing with a trio of bogeys.

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find one’s feet

zorientovat se, rozkoukat se

It is fair to say that both of them deserve time to settle: in the past I got it wrong and I was fortunate to get three years in which to find my feet.

At fifteen years old I started my drama course and I couldn't have been happier. It obviously took a while to find my feet with the group but when I had done I really started to enjoy myself.

I had recently stayed with him in Scotland : knowing him was a help, for I felt out of my milieu. Lord Airlie also went out of his way to help me find my feet.

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