v mžiku

The advantage of the Helblaster is that it can fire several shots at once in a devastating volley. A full volley will rip through the toughest regiment causing immense casualties in the blink of an eye.

No-one wanted personal computers until an American called Dan Bricklin invented a piece of software that would do lots of boring calculations in the blink of an eye.

být na rozpadnutí

Dennis clambered out looking disgruntled. Bloody thing's on the blink.

What's the situation out there? All haywire. Your computers must be on the blink.

I must apologize for keeping you waiting, Miss Stanton, he said formally, indicating a chair and seating himself to face her across a big black desk. My telephone's on the blink.

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ani nemrknout

The pictures shook and one fell, just missing Frankie’s head, but he didn’t bat an eyelid and just kept on reading his comic.

Duchamp did not bat an eyelid at the destruction of his Large Glass.

hrát podle sluchu, bez not

I have some sheet music which belonged to my mother... But I can only play by ear these days.

But I have a theory that if you have two musicians, both trained and able to play anything that is put before them, but only one of them has the ability to play by ear as well, then he or she will be able to project more life, beauty and expression than the other.

Montaine and Jean-Claude inherited their love of music from their mother. They sang together, played by ear on the old upright that someone from the big house had thrown out and they had retrieved.

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ponaučení, náhlé zjištění něčeho nepředpokládaného

If you feel like it, buy one and have a browse. It can be a real eye-opener to find how many calories there are in the foods you normally eat.

We came together on one point, and that was our attitude towards the media. It had been an eye-opener to me in 1987 when I realized how naïve I had been about the press.

It had been my first alpine climb, and it had been an eye-opener. I had not expected the level of exposure, the narrowness of the arêtes, the commitment.          

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jít jedním uchem tam a druhým ven

Whatever he tells me seems to go in one ear and out the other.

And what's Lizzy been saying to him, I'd like to know? As always when she was very angry, Evelyn's voice was a thick Irish brogue. Kate let it all go in one ear and out the other.

nevěřit svým uším

Paul says: I was listening to the Chancellor and couldn't believe my ears for a moment when he announced the exemption.

He jumped off his cart which was nearby and ran after the runaway. He soon had it back with Granny's belongings intact, and I could hardly believe my ears and eyes when I heard her thank him and allow him to lift her back onto the driver's seat.

improvizovat

Until we can get something definite sorted out, we are having to play it by ear.

Eubank has no special game plan tonight and says: I'll play it by ear and in accordance to Thornton 's fighting spirit.

Some people want to know what their treatment is going to be, but you can tell at the same time they definitely don't want to know the name of their condition. You just have to play it by ear.

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ústně

Finding a personal trainer is like finding a good hairdresser it should be done by word of mouth and looking at the results.

It is important now that we capture these traditions; much is handed down by word of mouth and is in danger of dying out.

It is known, of course, that the books of the Old Testament were composite works from many different sources, and may have been transmitted by word of mouth for hundreds of years before being set down.

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Dám si pusu na zámek.

I can see what you mean, well, don't worry, my lips are sealed!

This was a very personal thing between Caduta and me. I'm saying nothing. My lips are sealed.

ohrnovat nos nad

The models too have a better attitude. They don't turn their nose up at a job for a lesser mag if their last assignment was for Elle or something.

The shops here are very good, but Dana is inclined to turn her nose up at anything outside London or Paris .

poskytovat čemu pouze slovní podporu

For all these reasons some economists have for years advocated this approach to monetary policy and during the 1970s a number of governments began at least to pay lip service to it by announcing target rates of growth for the money supply over the coming year.

Crime is a big issue not just an issue of sentencing or the courts, but something that must be looked at away from politics. Politicians pay lip service to crime.

All unions have good policies on racial equality at national level but very little is put into practice at local levels. The picture is no different in Cleveland . Most of the unions pay lip service to equal rights and racial equality for black members.

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strkat nos do čeho

He was wrong whatever he did. If he spoke out, he was accused of poking his nose into matters he knew nothing about.

Or maybe they resented a stranger poking his nose into their affairs?

They're hardly going to take very kindly to a woman poking her nose into their affairs, are they?

The sun comes up each morning, the Pope's a Catholic, and Donna Fratelli's still sticking her nose into other people's business.

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sbíhají se mi sliny na

The many mouth-watering desserts of Touraine are based on fruits.

Some ingredients result in a delicious, mouth-watering soup, while others will produce foul-smelling, unpalatable dishwater.

Linda Fraser prepares five mouth-watering meals for the family, using that perennial favorite - mince Spinach lasagne.

navzdory čemu

The British electorate regularly disprove this by electing governments in the teeth of the hostility and mispresentation of virtually the whole of the press.

Even if Mr. Kaifu can deliver a package, he will probably be doing so in the teeth of public opinion (especially if a tax increase is involved).