mít štěstí, dobře dopadnout

After some ups and downs, young Mr Davison has landed on his feet.

I had just left training school and really thought I had landed on my feet. It was my first job and I thought it would be great.

Jammy always seems to land on his feet when it involves getting in free to Everton.

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řvát na celé kolo

So much for experience. Tony races past, laughing his head off. Give us a lift, you miserable bastard.

I haven’t seen him since they took him away, screaming his head off, with Jonathan Johns telling everybody gathered round that it was all my fault, blooming unfair because I can’t help it if Pitt has the kind of bones that break easily, can I?

He was screaming his head off about the war and the Russians. He was all for sending Gladstone over to the bloody Russians.

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mít koho omotaného kolem prstu

We should take it easy and not be led by the nose by the Commission or by the Council of Foreign Ministers.

Old Wolsey loved to lead people by the nose, in particular his nephew and myself, and relished his little games of sending us unarmed into darkened chambers full of assassins.

If for all this, the General Staff still performs the lion’s share of staff work, this is hardly evidence that the military lead the Party by the nose in defence matters, either over details or essentials.

They are prone to the herd instinct, and politicians can easily lead them by the nose.

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moci se přetrhnout (horlivostí)

As a family, they had everything - materially, anyway - and their father bent over backwards pleasing them, assuring them he loved them all.

For us to retain that work we are gonna have to bend over backwards to do what Regional Railways want.

The whole incident was a very sore point with my crew, who had worked very hard for long hours on this one, and it was a classic illustration of how our laws often seem to lean over backwards to protect the lawbreakers.

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odejít a nelitovat toho

She rang a bell to be let out again and left him without a backward glance.

Feeling a little like I imagined a tomb-robber might feel, but knowing that my motives were of the very best, I relocked both doors and left without a backward glance.

She was ready to go. Picking up her bags, she dropped an envelope with her rent on the dresser and left without a backward glance. She hadn't enjoyed her stay here, and she had no intention of ever coming back.

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naslouchat, dopřát sluchu komu

Welcome Endill and take a seat, And please be kind enough not to eat. English is the lesson here, So open your book and lend an ear.

Take a look at the audio book Or maybe lend an ear.

But he still cannot resist listening to ideas. He says: I would always lend an ear to somebody and if I was able to help I would.

pomoci komu, podat pomocnou ruku komu

Well I knew someone in and I thought to myself I, perhaps he might lend me a hand?

He was sophisticated, speaking at least three languages, enough to get him out of trouble in most countries, and with a select if scattered network of friends and colleagues all across the Middle East , to lend him a hand if required.

If it’s a problem, Charlie was saying, get the kid to lend you a hand.

nechat proklouznout mezi prsty

This really is committee work but I, it does occur to me that mention it that erm, if in our advertising we point out that we have a car park attendant and if that car park attendant were to let one slip through his fingers, we may well then be liable to be sued by the person.

Walker placed the header, but Salmon wasn’t going to let the match slip through his fingers.

Dave Cottrell let the prestigious Tillman Trophy slip through his fingers when he shot an 82 in the final round of the 72 hole open scratch event at Royal Liverpool last weekend.

balzám na rty

I use lipsalve for my lips but it doesn't seem to work.

Lipsalve is basically a wax which is okay to stop moisture loss but, for intensive healing, moisturiser and Vaseline are best.

Now she rubs moisturizer into her facial skin as protection against the raw wintry air outside, coats her lips with lipsalve, and brushes some green eyeshadow on her eyelids.

rtěnka

At long last you can possess an lipstick that never fades - due to certain capsules that release colour every time you press your lips together.

My lips are often chapped and sore, which makes it difficult to apply lipstick as it won't stay on and looks unpleasant.

If you use a greasy lip block under your lipstick, the lipstick will just slide off.

postarší, už ne nejmladší

The consolation factor if you do end up with something distinctly long in the tooth is that it should give you the gratification of feeling that you have aged rather better yourself.

The country is still run by the old boy network. Most of the old boys are now Conservative placemen, long in the tooth and addled in the brain.

Madame Clicquot is a little long in the tooth now she took over the business when her husband died in 1805 but she still attends all the best events.

ohrnovat nos nad kým, dívat se svrchu na koho

But no American politician, especially a wealthy one, is going to last two minutes if he’s caught looking down his nose at folk the way the French do. It’s the ordinary folks at home who vote you into office, remember - and out of it.

You are too old, she said. And in any case we are related. Only in the second degree, Jehan said cheerfully. She looked down her nose at him. Maybe I shall consider you, she said. But it isn’t interesting to be courted by someone you know.

And I can’t see any reason why they can’t. Why they should, people with a higher look down their nose at the people who are lower than themselves, I can not figure out.

podívat se komu do očí (nebojácně)

Stealing, cheating and lying become the only way to pay. It’s always on your mind You can’t look your family in the eye. Your friends begin to wonder what is wrong. You begin to hate yourself for what you’re doing.

Mr. Mandela, for his part, according to Mr. Ramaphosa, had a unique greatness, a magnetism which he felt in his presence on Tuesday before he had even looked him in the eye.

Look, could you grab hold of this box before my arms drop off? She took hold of it and put it down on the floor. Then she looked me in the eye and smiled. You seem to think you know what you’re doing, she said.

klesat na mysli

On 13 November Colonel Durand learned from Wade that he was not coming to the relief of Carlisle since the roads through Yorkshire were inadequate for his artillery. The militia lost heart at this news; they had already been on duty for a month, and had been treated with extraordinary meanness.

This is great news for the new generation of women writers, but for some it is already too late. They have lost heart, stashed away their manuscripts and told themselves they were never really writers anyway.

ztratit hlavu

I’m not going to lose my head and try and rush out at the first chance.

He smiled, stroking her cheek. But if you’re afraid I’ll lose my head once we’re alone together, by all means bring a chaperon.

They said he’d lost his head and started shooting