stát nohama pevně na zemi

We have, in short, to keep our feet on the ground, to get our facts right, and to remember that we are talking about the real world.

It was difficult to keep their feet on the ground when they read about themselves in the newspapers.

She tries to get me to do things around the house, like changing light bulbs and things like that. It keeps your feet on the ground, I think. (BNC-B)

dostat strach

I began to get cold feet, but these other two guys were totally positive and they were absolutely right.

It was obvious by September 1990 that Gorbachev was getting very cold feet about both economic reform and national self-determination within the Soviet Union.

Difficulties seemed inevitable and if the bank got cold feet, Taylor Woodrow would be finished. Nothing did go wrong, however.

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stát na vlastních nohou

Nelly has fought to stand on her own two feet as a businesswoman – wife.

The story of the boy and his daddy, a dancer determined to help his son stand on his own two feet, is symbolically crass and excruciatingly sentimental.

Crawford is a woman who has always stood on her own two feet , and is highly unlikely to get down on her knees to a man ...

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mýt si ruce (nad čím)

Before you wash your hands of the affair, find out if the lender or adviser is tied or independent.

That is the real failure of the Government's approach. They can not wash their hands of social problems and the incidence of crime.

They told their father that if he did marry her they would wash their hands of them.

pomoci komu

Why don't you give me a hand with the rest of the work? You might enjoy doing something like that.

There's some people standing round watching me, but they don't give me a hand. They just stand there looking at me.

I'll give you a hand with the packing. Then I'll drive you to the station.

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nevyjít ze cviku

Leonard was a very close observer, and collector, of this scene ; always keeping his hand in with his guitar, writing much of his early poetry to the sound of its music.

I chose that because I thought I would still be able to keep my hand in by writing the staff newspaper.

Having been trained in Institutional Management I still like to keep my hand in by catering for private functions such as weddings and christenings.

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mít plné ruce práce

My mother had her hands full with housework and caring for four elderly people.

Especially when you’ve already got your hands full running this tidy little ship.

They hardly exchanged a word. Ivy had her hands full with the driving. (BNC-B)

zkusit si něco

John had dreams of being a writer and had tried his hand at poetry, including an epic poem on the Battle of Largs.

Vincent went to him for drawing in the mornings, and in the evenings to try his hand at watercolours, as he had done before Christmas.

změnit majitele

Accordingly, most of these companies will change hands by way of private contract between the shareholders and the buyer.

The contracts are the written agreements between you and the seller - setting the price, terms and date for the property to change hands (completion date).

Paintings and old prints of Madeira are always sought after and sometimes change hands for high prices. (BNC-B)

z první ruky

Of what use was reading about life? First-hand experience held more appeal.

In the first place, everyone travels by car and therefore everyone has first-hand knowledge of how awful the roads are.

They are less likely to dominate than are men, because they have such painful first-hand experience of what it feels like to be oppressed by those in authority.

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praktická zásada

As a rule of thumb, moving a nearly new greenhouse will only cost about the same as it would to have it erected in the first place.

If you need a rule of thumb, any item which is common or plentiful is 90% likely to be here.

As a rule of thumb, we found that girls are prepared to watch programmes aimed at boys.

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dát volnou ruku

Giving employers a free hand to hire and fire is creating insecurity, says the TUC's John Monks.

Although the constitution gives the President a free hand to sack ministers or deputy ministers in the interests of good governance, it stipulates that he must do it after consultation with other party leaders.

Once the piece was ready, the film-maker Adam Roberts was given a free hand to shoot it as he liked.

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být jako pěst na oko, vyčnívat, být výrazný

How extraordinary and incongruous! You stick out like a sore thumb in that ghastly uniform, Charles.

It was a white box with modern doors, modern units and a Rayburn that stuck out of the wall like a sore thumb. It had pink quarry tiles.

být dobrý zahradník

He had more or less green fingers, my grandfather. He could grow anything.

Often this type of environment is ideal for a person with green fingers who enjoys growing exotic, subtropical flowering plants.

spálit si prsty

The same is true for lenders. Some lenders have already had their fingers burnt and have had to write off loans and lose their investments, rather than take on responsibility for contaminated land.

Bill frequently got his fingers burnt and even now he wonders if his servicing procedure was strictly legal.

He is not going to have his day spoilt. I just don’t want anyone else to get their fingers burnt over this, she said.

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