zápach z úst, zkažený dech

Even if you are resorting to it out of nervousness or fear that you have bad breath it will create a very negative impression on the interviewer. (BNC)

Despite suggestions that he should bathe every day, he still suffers from smelly feet and bad breath. (BNC)

Bad breath is one of the biggest turn offs so most men are pretty keen to keep theirs smelling sweet. (BNC)

tvrdý oříšek, přenést přes srdce

Losing my job was initially a bitter pill to swallow. (CUP, Eng.Idioms In Use)

Losing the championship to a younger player was a bitter pill to swallow.(CIDI)

Cuts in salaries are a dose of bitter medicine that may help the company to survive.(CIDI)

být slepá ulice, nemít budoucnost

Tom thinks the job of motor mechanic is a blind alley, as in ten years` time, all cars may be electronic and computer-driven! (English Idioms, Oxford)

The latest evolutionary theory may turn out to be a blind alley.(CIDI)

This sort of thinking just seems to be leading us up/down a blind alley.(CALD)

oživení, nový duch, čerstvý vítr

Angela's like a breath of fresh air when she comes to stay.(CIDI)

After all the criticism, his positive comments came as a breath of fresh air.(CIDI)

Angela's so cheerful and lively - she's like a breath of fresh air when she visits.(CALD)

We`re throughly enjoying having Betsy staying with us. She`s so lively and interesting - a real breath of fresh air for my parents, who never go out or see a new face. (English Idioms, Oxford)

nezbytnost, nutnost, nezbytná potřeba

If you think about it, air is essentially the `;breath of life'. (BNC)

Religion is a vital and enduring part of man's life and experience in Egypt, the breath of life itself. (BNC)

His creator had fashioned him from clockwork and set him to go through the motions of living without giving him the actual breath of life. (BNC)

výdech

The evaporation cools down the mouth in readiness for a breathing out.(BNC)

By as little breathing out as possible, more oxygen is retained in the body. (BNC)

Concentrate on a breathing out. (BNC)

srdeční zástava, (infarkt, Am.E.)

Patients who suffer a cardiac arrest are treated by skilled practitioners. (BNC)

I remember one case late at night when someone had a cardiac arrest. (BNC)

In some cases the effects of the blockage can be so severe that the heart stops beating altogether and this is called a cardiac arrest.(BNC)

opar

 He's five feet nine inches tall, slim, with dirty blond hair in a centre parting, and he has a cold sore on his top lip. (BNC)

While I was shaving, peacefully surveying my baggy eyes, thick lips hinting at a recent cold sore, and ever-deepening wrinkles, I saw in the mirror something monstrous appear around the side of my grey hair. (BNC)

Researchers in China, where garlic is widely used in folk medicine, discovered that garlic compounds were effective against some viruses including the cold sore virus and a type of meningitis. (BNC)

vata

He soaked bits of cotton wool in essential oils and passed it under the noses of his patients. (BNC)

The traditional way to remove your make-up is with a make-up remover or lotion, followed by skin tonic or freshener on cotton wool. (BNC)

Her foremost fear was that she might lose her mind, for trying to think made her feel as if her head were filled with cotton wool. (BNC)

sirup proti kašli

But whatever you do, don't give him so much as a cough sweet!(BNC)

Bunny's put a supply of cough drops in the prompt corner.(BNC)

If you have a cough, take a cogh lolly as soon as possible. (BNC)

být jistý, jasný, tutovka

Who do you think will win the Cup? Leeds United - it`s a dead certainity. (English Idioms, Oxford)

He's a dead cert for an Oscar nomination. (CIDI)

Extrapolate the trends of the last 40 years and such a depressing scenario looks like a dead cert. (BNC)

slepá ulička

A dead end is also a road which is closed at one end and does not lead anywhere.(CIDI)

Negotiators have reached a dead end in their attempts to find a peaceful solution to the crisis.(CIDI)

Dr Tyrell stressed that the results do not mean that a similar vaccine can be made for HIV `but at least the road now does not look like a dead end'. (BNC)

remíza, nerozhodný výsledek (2 soupeři dosáhnou stejných výsledků)

The race ended in a dead heat.(CALD)

In the European Song Contest there was a dead heat for first place, so there were two winners this year.(English Idioms, Oxford)

The end result was so close a finish that, for the moment, the result is being declared a dead heat with birds recording a velocity of 1173. (BNC)

být neschopný/tupý na, nevyznat se v (př.matematice); propadák, zklamání, beznadějný případ

It`s no use asking Jack. He is a dead loss at maths. (English Idioms, Oxford)

I was a dead loss at languages at school.(CALD)

John was a dead loss - he just stood there and did nothing.(CALD)

hluboké, mrtvolné ticho

There was a dead silence in the room as the solicitor opened the envelope and prepared to read Uncle John`s last will and testament. (English Idioms, Oxford)

The CIA major who heard him was dumbfounded, as were the others; dead silence fell. (BNC)

I'd advise you to maintain a dead silence on the subject,'; he said in a voice that was full of warning. (BNC)

zaměstnanci (lidé), kteří jsou nepotřební a mají být vyhozeni, "na odpis"

There's a lot of dead wood in the team which needs to be cleared out.(CIDI)

It`s time we brought these files up to date. We`ll start by throwing out all the dead wood. (English Idioms, Oxford)

The incoming chairman of a public company can swiftly dispose of dead wood, to arrange a board in sympathy with new policies. (BNC)

úmrtní list

The first thing that has to be done is to obtain a death certificate from a medical practitioner. (BNC)

He said the only details available, apart from a death certificate, had come from Mr Garrod's family. (BNC)

Copies of the death certificate can be purchased. (BNC)

rozsudek smrti, odsouzení na smrt

Gilmore received a death sentence. (LDCE)

Will she insist on a guilty verdict and mandatory death sentence? (BNC)

In December it was announced that 11 prisoners had been given the death sentence, commuted to life imprisonment. (BNC)

ztráty na životech (př. v bitvě)

More than 600 claimants die awaiting compensation Barlow Clowes' death toll rises. (BNC)

As the civil unrest continued, the death toll rose. (LDCE)

 Others set the death toll higher, at up to 1,000 fatalities. (BNC)

životu nebezpečné místo, zařízení atd.

Some of those secondhand cars are real death traps. (LDCE)

The whole house was a death trap with faulty gas fires, broken stairs, and bad wiring.(CIDI)

The road becomes a death trap in icy weather.(CIDI)

přání zemřít

He`s going out with Debbie - what does he have, a death wish? (LDCE)

He's a psychotic with some kind of death wish… spends his entire time screaming abuse. (BNC

Another way to have a death wish associated with the road; crossing it. (BNC)

závislák na drogách

The judge, who took just 45 minutes to decide on the sentences, said he accepted Fraser was a drug addict who had admitted what he had done. (BNC)

 What is the welfare of the drug junkie, under the influence of the drug? (BNC)

The experience was later dredged out of his subconscious when he played drug addict Lenny Bruce. (BNC)

smrtelné zranění

He got up, lifted her and carried her back to the bedroom despite her threats to do him a fatal injury if he didn't stop carting her about like a sack of old cabbages. (BNC)

 Peter Vanezis, a pathologist, told the hearing that the fatal injury was brain haemorrhaging caused by a 15-centimetre skull fracture. (BNC)

The fatal injury was a blow to the head, not a very heavy blow but the deceased had taken a substantial amount of alcohol in the hours before he suffered the injury, and the effect of alcohol is to increase the flow of blood to the brain so that, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. (BNC)

zakopaný pes, žába na prameny

After the exams, we had a great celebration party. The only fly in the ointment was that Patrick hadn`t passed. (English Idioms, Oxford)

The only fly in the ointment was my mother, who insisted on whispering through the first half of the show.(CIDI)

The fly in the ointment is that a boy saw you kissing Lola. (W.Magnuson, Eng.Idioms)

dráždivý, dávivý kašel

 A dry hacking cough and later a large quantity of thin watery or frothy mucus is expectorated. (BNC)

There was a noisy inhalation of smoke, followed by a hacking cough. (BNC)

An expedition to the bar of the Glue pot convinced him that, apart from a hacking cough and a tendency to tire easily, he was very much his old self. (BNC)

senná rýma

She gets really bad hay fever.(CALD)

Hay fever is really an allergy to pollen and the peak time is early June. (BNC)

Dr Cathy Read with the latest on the health front, from help for hay fever to odour-absorbent paint (BNC)

naslouchátko

I wear a hearing aid and only the other day I couldn't understand what my helper was saying. (BNC)

You will need to check that anyone wearing a hearing aid knows how to cope with it. (BNC)

I think he should get a hearing aid; it's easier than shouting all the time. (BNC)

infarkt

John had a heart attack three years ago.(CALD)

I think he's had a heart attack. (CLD)

He'd survived two heart attacks and was very careful about what he ate.(CDAE)

prozatimní opatření (stav, vedení...)

The budget needs to be a holding operation, so that a recovery can become established before the real attack on the budget deficit is made in December.(BNC)

alternativní medicína, léčení

Paracelsus's influence on homoeopathy and holistic medicine is genuine, but the paracelsian legacy is much wider. (BNC)

In the centre, we record part of my daily routine for self-help holistic medicine which includes pectoral muscle exercises. (BNC)

The treatment was stopped and Mrs Hilton prescribed her own course of healthy eating and holistic medicine. (BNC)

ošetřovatel

If Vecchi was the imitation hospital attendant, then he was booked for some free electricity at the State's expense. (BNC)

zaměstnání na celý život, doživotní zaměstnání

You were demonstrating in support of the other lecturers' right to a job for life?(BNC)

During the past decade, it has become increasingly clear that few people can count on having a job for life. (BNC)

Just as you think you have a job for life, the magazine folds. (BNC)

osudová rána, zkáza

Asking Jenny to cook is the kiss of death for any dinner party.(CIDI)

Rain is the kiss of death for a barbecue.(CALD)

His failure to raise enough money for the political campaign was the kiss of death.(CDAE)

smrt za živa (beznadějný a neradostný život)

She can't walk, she can't feed herself and she can scarcely speak. It's a living death.(CIDI)

For me, marriage to someone like that would be a living death.(CIDI)

Life without hope is a living death. (BNC)

mateřská (peníze), příspěvek v mateřství

When both husband and wife are insured, they are to be entitled, in case of wife`s confinement, to both sickness and maternity benefit. (OED)

The benefits of The National Health Insurance Scheme include maternity benefit. (OED)

There are two maternity benefits - maternity grant and maternity allowance. Both benefits may be paid for a confinement provided the conditions are satisfied. (OED)

porodní oddělení (gynekologicko-porodnické)

Increasing grants have been made by some governments for the contruction of free maternity homes or maternity ward in general hospitals. (OED)

She would insist on leaving the Maternity Ward today. (BNC)

Even if you have never given a bottle feed yourself it is possible that the baby received one from a nurse while in the maternity ward. (BNC)

otázka života a smrti

The results of the peace negotiations could be a matter of life or death for people in the war zone.(CIDI)

Don't worry about missing your bus - it's not a matter of life and death.(CDAE)

And if you miss the bus, well, it's not a matter of life and death.(CALD)

afta

Sharp teeth can cause terrible ulcers and anyone who has had a mouth ulcer himself will know what agony they can be. (BNC)

Have you ever had a mouth ulcer? It is a terrible pain! (BNC)

She was a bit nervous, she had a mouth ulcer giving her a sharp pain. (BNC)

umělé dýchání, dýchání z úst do úst

I jumped out of my seat, my headphones flew off and I started giving her mouth-to-mouth. (BNC)

But she immediately snatched Victoria, who had been born only 32 hours before, and started giving her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. (BNC)

The club doctor was a constant fixture on the pitch, applying oxygen and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. (BNC)

hypochondrická/smyšlená nemoc, (být hypochondr)...

The doctor thinks Leo's symptoms are psychosomatic.(CAED)

The best type of treatment for both psychosomatic complaints and hypochondria is some form of psychotherapy or hypnotherapy. (BNC)

They see innumerable patients who have been told that their symptoms are psychosomatic or `;all in the mind'; by one doctor or another. (BNC) 

spála

An outbreak of scarlet fever had taken the nine-year-old twins in little more than a week. (BNC)

 In scarlet fever this state may come up when dusky, mottled and covered in red spots but the eruption does not come out. (BNC)

Born with normal hearing, he became deaf from scarlet fever when 12 years old. (BNC) 

nemocenská, nemocenská dávka

I cannot get sick pay. (BNC)

černý, morbidní vtip atd.

Did you see that film "Brain Dead"? Sick, isn`t it? (LDCE)

Has he told you his sick joke about the undertaker? (LDCE)

I thought it was a sick joke, but it wasn't. (BNC)

ošetřovna, marodka

The door of the sickroom opened, and the doctor came out. (BNC)

My wife is travelling without a maid or nurse and I am of little use in a sickroom.(BNC)

It has often been noted that the disease is rarely contracted by medical, clerical or other visitors who don't eat and drink in the sickroom. (BNC)

vedlejší účinek

Stomach ache is an additional side effect. (BNC)

The only instant adverse side effect is a desperate thirst, stiff aching muscles and a loss of appetite. (BNC)

An important side effect of longterm octreotide treatment with intermittent injections is a high incidence, up to 50%, of gall stone formation during one year of treatment. (BNC)

znaková řeč

The subjects of this chapter are comparative and international aspects of sign language. (BNC)

As Mayberry points out, if sign language only has concrete concepts then the signs are iconic and universally understood. (BNC)

Sorensen and Hansen (1976) show that deaf children using Danish Sign Language for communication in pairs produce 70 per cent levels of comprehension. (BNC)

slepecká hůl

Did he have a white cane? (BNC)

With my new label of `;blind'; came the object which was to stigmatize me more, a shiny new, long white cane. (BNC)

Rosa was sitting in a chair by the window, her white cane leaning against the wall. (BNC)

černý kašel

You should get your child immunised as soon as possible against Diphtheria, Tetanus, Whooping Cough, Polio, Measles, Mumps and Rubella. (BNC)

But for millions of people in the world's poorest countries, who live in fear of diseases like measles and whooping cough it is quite literally true. (BNC)

They were the victims of whooping cough. (BNC)

"španělská vesnice", slabina, nerozumnět něčemu

I`m afraid poetry is a blind spot with me. I like people to say what they mean in plain words. (English Idioms, Oxford)

Brian has a blind spot as far as Sheila is concerned. She treats him abominably, but he escapes it all without question. (English Idioms, Oxford)

He had a complete blind spot where public relations were concerned, so his political career was doomed from the start.(CIDI)

drobná bolení, drobné potíže, bolístky

I met Hilary yesterday. She talked about her aches and pains all the time. (English Idioms, Oxford)

Women of your age imagine aches and pains --; are you sure you're not attention seeking?(BNC)

The afflicted person will complain of aches and pains, headache, sore throat, loss of appetite, and general malaise. (BNC)

přilít oleje do ohně, udělat to ještě horší

First of all he arrived an hour late and then, to add insult to injury, he proceeded to complain about my choice of restaurant. (CIDI)

If you say his answer is wrong, and then say he can't understand, you've added insult to injury. (W.Magnuson, Eng.Idioms)

They told me I was too old for the job, and then to add insult to injury, they refused to pay my expenses!(CALD)

hospitalizovat, přijmout do nemocnice (AmE: hospitalize)

She was admitted to hospital with internal injuries. (Lingea)

předporodní poradna, poradna pro plánování rodičovství

The ante-natal clinic is a useful place for advice, and I also like to pass on tips to women planning a family. (BNC)

In Holloway they don't take you out to the ante-natal clinic or get you a scan or nothing. (BNC)

In the normal way, a pregnant woman would go for regular check-ups either with her doctor or with the ante-natal clinic, the first visit being around the eighth to twelfth week. (BNC)

Jablíčko denně, nemocí je méně.

Mom gave me an apple, saying, "An apple a day keeps doctor away." (W.Magnuson, Eng.Idioms)

The saying `;An apple a day keeps the doctor away'; contains some truth. (BNC)

U Ba Lwin, in a later speech, said: `;There is a saying that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, and Saya'gyi Appleton has returned to Burma with a ton of apples. (BNC)

umělé dýchání, dýchání z úst do úst

Rescuers pulled the child from the river, and she was given artificial respiration. (CALD)

My mother found me floating face downwards and I was saved by artificial respiration. (BNC)

Check your child's breathing, giving artificial respiration if needed, while waiting for medical aid.(BNC)

poruchy přjmu potravy (př. bulimie, anorexie)

 It is also extremely difficult to find a book addressed to you if you are one of the younger girls suffering from an eating disorder. (BNC)

I was tall and slim but I had an eating disorder and my weight fluctuated wildly according to how I ate. (BNC)

It might have had something to do with her illness, the eating disorder bulimia. (BNC)

pohotovost (oddělení v nemocnici)

She had followed the stretcher into the emergency department there, to be asked particulars about the patient. (BNC)

She was admitted and treated like any other National Health Service patient to the accident and emergency department, and was then seen by a consultant. (BNC)

The patient seen outside the hospital is a different type to the one seen in an accident and emergency department or in a coronary care unit. (BNC)

nadechnutí, nádech

I could hear his intake of breath. (BNC)

There was a muffled intake of breath and a thrill of mounting expectation. (BNC)

Marian heard a quick intake of breath from Allen, the sound a horse makes when it is about to bolt. (BNC)

infekční nemocnice (pro nakažlivé choroby)

operační sál

The equipment for the operating room included three gowns, three pairs of oilskin sleeves, three deal-framed oval stools, and an operating table, plus three angle-tables. (BNC)

George Cowley arrived at the hospital just as Doyle's now unconscious body was being wheeled into the emergency operating room. (BNC)

operační sál s prosklenou stěnou k pozorování operace

By midnight I was in an operating theatre in Inverness having an ankle fixed. (BNC)

A surgeon who fails to take action to help the recovery of a patient prostrate in front of him in the operating theatre is hindering his recovery. (BNC)

For example, observation in a fracture clinic or operating theatre can be arranged. (BNC)

zdravý jako rybička/buk/řípa

Better keep fit as a fiddle and ready for anything.(BNC)

He was fit as a fiddle when he was a hundred, doing his own gardening. (BNC)

Mind you I saw her two day's ago and she looked absolutely fit as a fiddle so I said. (BNC)

už zdravá, zase na nahou(po nemoci), zase v pořádku

I had the flu, and was really sick, but now I am back on my feet. (Google)

After I broke up with Sam, I was down for a while, but I am back on my feet. (Google)

They prayed for me and I got back on my feet because of them. (Google)

být nervozní, být mimo...

If Gloria has one more crisis, she'll be a basket case. (W.Magnuson, Eng.Idioms)

By the end of the course I was a complete basket case.(CALD)

She'll never get a job. She's a basket case.(CIDI)

přinést někomu změnu, oživení

We`re throughly enjoying having Betsy staying with us. She`s so lively and interesting - a real breath of fresh air for my parents, who never go out or see a new face. (English Idioms, Oxford)

Angela's so cheerful and lively - she's like a breath of fresh air when she visits. (CALD)

Angela's like a breath of fresh air when she comes to stay. (CIDI)

být velmi/příšerně těžký (věc, o člověku většinou když není při vědomí)

I can`t possibly carry this suitcase. It`s a dead weight. (English Idioms, Oxford)

 Lies heavy in my arms, dead weight. (BNC)

It was no good, she was a dead weight. (BNC)

(humorous), být to nejhorší, co se někomu může stát; být mnohem horší než smrt

When you're 16, an evening at home with your parents is a fate worse than death.(CIDI)

She felt that having to spend another night there would be a fate worse than death.(CDAE)

We've even growled at the horse, and threatened it with a fate worse than death, but to no avail! (BNC)

lézt na nervy, být obtížný, na obtíž

She`s a real pain in the neck. (Lingea)

My little sister won't leave me alone. She's a real pain in the neck.(CIDI)

That child is a real pain in the neck.(CALD)

být osina v zadku, nepříjemý člověk, štvát někoho

Getting up at 5 AM is a pain in the ass. (Lingea)

I can't stand my brother-in-law. He's a real pain in the arse. (CIDI)

Getting up for work at 5 a.m. is a pain in the ass.(CIDI)

pacient, který chodí do nemocnice na vyšetření, někdy zůstane přes noc

 For a few patients, compulsory admission to a psychiatric inpatient unit under an order of the Mental Health Act will be deemed necessary. (BNC)

The inpatient care of patients recognized as being at very high risk of suicide poses particular difficulties.(BNC)

David was therefore offered inpatient care for up to 10 days to provide him with intensive support. (BNC)

být v domácím ošetření (pacient dohází do nemocnice,ale nezůstává přes noc)

In patients who do not need hospitalization, early intervention and easy access to the therapist can be provided using a flexible outpatient system, including direct telephone access. (BNC)

 Outpatient representatives understood better the daily issues of residential care and were able to convey these to their colleagues. (BNC)

I think things have changed quite dramatically in the last few years certainly, we admit very few people and we see them mostly as an outpatient. (BNC)

být slepý jako krtek/patrona

Nigel muttered, `;You're as blind as a bat,'; as he went out. (BNC)

I'm as blind as a bat without my glasses.(CIDI)

He told me I was as blind as a bat. (BNC)

být bláznivý, padlý na hlavu

'Isn't she slightly strange, your aunt? 'Oh, she's as nutty as a fruitcake.'(CIDI)

Do I know Karl? Yes, I do. He's nutty as a fruit cake!(W.Magnuson,Eng.Idioms)

They had been above 8000 metres for several days and Steve recalls being as nutty as a fruitcake. (BNC)

cítit se dobře, být zdravý, nemít potíže

I'll be as right as rain as soon as I take my pills.(CIDI)

No anaesthetic, and you'll feel as right as rain afterwards.(BNC)

She was as right as rain two days ago," Jenny said," and she was well all winter. (BNC)

mít smrt na jazyku

Don't exaggerate, it was only flu - you were hardly at death's door.(CIDI)

Poor Sarah! She has lung cancer and I fear she's at death's door. (W.Magnuson,Eng.Idioms)

být dychtivý udělat něco, být celý hr do něčeho

He`s at pains to show his ability. (Lingea)

The management was at great pains to stress that there are no plans for closing down

the factory.(CIDI)

She was at pains to tell me that her male friends were divided into two groups. (BNC)

být lehce nemocný, necítit se dobře, cítit se pod psa, nebýt ve své kůži

Do you mind if we put our meeting off till tomorrow? I'm feeling a bit below par today.(CIDI)

After a sleepless night, I wasn't quite up to par. (CIDI)

His eyesight was below par which disqualified him from being a pilot --; and annoyed him a lot --; but he passed out as a navigator. (BNC)

být slepý na jedno oko

 Gower Jones, who was also educated at the Llandaff School, managed to enlist in the Monmouthshire Regiment despite being blind in one eye. (BNC)

There was a crash of breaking glass and the cat went blind in one eye. (BNC)

At first I could find no cause, I panicked, if I could go blind in one eye without a cause, perhaps I could go blind in the other. (BNC)

oporovat, být proti čemu

I am dead against camping holidays. I can never sleep comfortably in a tent. (English Idioms, Oxford)

The councillors were dead against his prayers. (OED)

The wind and rain being dead against me. (OED)

být pasé, mrtvý (názor, myšlenka)

No one ever talks about Uncle Joe`s prison sentence any more. That`s all dead and burried now. (English Idioms, Oxford)

As far as I'm concerned the matter's dead and buried.(CIDI)

I won't rest until fascism is dead and buried in this country.(CIDI)

(informal), mít úplnou pravdu, mít sakra pravdu

But, it's no doubt about it, you're dead right! (BNC)

Remember you told me that John was friendly with Alison Miller and I didn`t believe you? Well, you were dead right - I saw them together yesterday. (English Idioms, Oxford)

You're dead right, closing down a service of this kind is controversial and very difficult and has to be handled very sensitively. (BNC)

být velmi pomalý

Unfortunatelly, I got stuck on the inside lane of the motorway and the traffic was dead slow for about fifteen miles. (English Idioms, Oxford)

Only two or three a day and they came dead slow round the bend in case there were sheep on the track. (BNC)

The first two miles were dead slow because of the huge crowd of runners, he said. (BNC)

a particular style or subject is done to death, it is used or discussed so many times that it is not interesting any more

What he asked was guidance in the matter of a young man`s death, a celan young man who handeled lambs with gentleness and care, as lambs of God, and never deserved to be done to death suddenly before his time, however the love of God might have set a secure hand under him as he fell, and lifted him into light, (BNC)

Has the Russian spring been done to death in leterature? (BNC)

umírat čím (žízní,hladem,nemocí...)

I`m dying of  thirst! (Lingea)

While grain mountains grew in the West, millions of people in the Sudan were dying of starvation. (BNC)

Wanna see a dirty movie with Muppet look-alikes taking drugs, dying of Aids and making blue movies? (BNC)

(informal), toužit, prahnout, umírat touhou po něčem

She was dying to see him again. (Lingea)

After a busy day in town, I`m usually dying for a rest with my feet up. (English Idioms, Oxford)

I`m simply dying to introduce you to my fiancé. You`ll love him! (English Idioms, Oxford)

být zdryvý jako rybička,  plné kondici

She was fighting fit after 10 weeks of intense physical training. (CIDI)

 It's much more fun to go into battle with someone who's fighting fit than to beat up a victim who's languishing after a bout of disastrous presentation. (BNC)

Masie had responded brilliantly to treatment and seemed fighting fit. (BNC)

špatně slyšet, být téměř hluchý

You`ll have to speak up. Father`s rather hard of hearing. (English Idioms, Oxford)

 In addition to his other troubles, Jackie had gone a bit hard of hearing. (BNC)

One third of those over 65 and one half of those over 80 are hard of hearing. (BNC)

být závislý na něčem

I was hooked on cocaine. (CALD)

I used to get really hooked on being in love! (BNC)

Mrs Wormwood was hooked on bingo and played it five afternoons a week. (BNC)

být ve stabilizovaném zdrav. stavu, být stabilizovaný

Her boy, who needed a blood transfusion, was last night in a critical but stable condition in intensive care at Milton Keynes hospital.

být v dobrém stavu, být na tom dobře, být v kondici

The women's champion, Paula Newby-Fraser, from Zimbabwe, who set a course record of 9hr 1min 1sec last year, is in good shape, having won at Nice in May. (BNC)

If only he could tell them he was all right, in good shape. (BNC)

All of the houses are in good shape, and there should be no trouble. (BNC)

mít bolesti, být v bolestech

She is in pain, but wants to endure it. (BNC)

My only consolation is that for the first time in her life Horatia is in pain. (BNC)

Fat people's bodies just don't know when to say no. for example, it is easy to tell when your body has a fever, is in pain or is tired. (BNC)

být v/na léčení, léčit se

Another alcoholic is in recovery from the disease. (BNC)

The denial may persist and even be intensified when they are in recovery from their primary addiction. (BNC)

It should be remembered that one can not relapse unless one has first been in recovery. (BNC)

být v posledním tažení

The coalition seems to be in its death throes. (LDCE)

Already by 1740 European feudalism is experiencing its death throes. (BNC)

He screamed as loudly as his horse that was now blocking the high road with its failing death throes. (BNC)

být účastníkem (dopravní) nehody

Sometimes people cannot have this proof, if, for example, their loved one has been involved in an accident where the body has not been recovered. (BNC)

Figures show that out of every 1,000 skiers, 35 are involved in an accident --; yet one in ten of us don't bother to take out insurance. (BNC)

Have you ever been involved in an accident? (BNC)

ležet/zůstat v posteli s nějakou nemocí

She's been laid up in bed with flu for a week.(CALD)

Kelly was laid up for two weeks with a very bad cold. (W.Magnuson,Eng.Idioms)

Large numbers were laid up with a multiplicity of gearbox, transmission, body and wheelset problems. (BNC)

být totálně zfetovaný/sjetej, být úplně mimo (vlivem alkoholu, drog)

She's completely off her head, she is - what's she been drinking?(CIDI)

Hannah was off her head as usual.(CALD)

She's off her head she is. (BNC)

být mimo, vyšinutý, pomatený (psychicky)

He wants to finish it today - he must be off his head. (Lingea)

He took the car out in this weather - He must be off his head!(CIDI)

You must be off your head going out in this weather!(CALD)

být úplný blázen

Spending that much on a car! He must be off his rocker!(CIDI)

You gave away your piano? You're off your rocker! (W.Magnuson, Eng.Idioms)

Don't forget, I've seen you in some states, Ruth, practically off your rocker wasting away wrapped up in that sod. (BNC)

být mimo (blázen)

Anyone who saw us doing this would think we were off our trolleys.(CIDI)

Have you gone completely off your trolley? You'll never get away with it!(CIDI)

Are you off your trolley? said Wilcox. (BNC)

být na nemocenské

I was off sick for four days with the flue. (LDCE)

First of all, has your employee been off sick for four or more days in a row?(BNC)

What should I do if an employee is off sick? (BNC)

být na smrtelné posteli

His son-in-law, on the old man's deathbed, asked where the spot was and he wouldn't tell him. (BNC)

On her deathbed Mary Leapor reportedly expressed concern for her father's advancing age. (BNC)

This had happened at what was thought to be the king's deathbed on 6 March 1093. (BNC)

hojit se, zacelovat se, uzdravovat se

She's been ill with flu but she's on the mend now.(CALD)

He's still a bit tired but he's definitely on the mend.(CIDI)

Then she looked back at me and smiled a brave, convalescent smile, not yet well, but on the mend, cured in spirit. (BNC)

uzdravovat se

By the second day he knew he was on the road to recovery. (CUP,Idioms In Use)

You will not be the first debtor they've had to deal with, and their experience and understanding could help you take the first step on the road to recovery. (BNC)

 Marc Girardelli is well on the road to recovery from last season's internal injuries, with consistent top-three placings in slalom, giant slalom and Super-G. (BNC)

nemít všech pět pohromadě

After talking to him for about 10 minutes I decided he was definitely one sandwich short of a picnic.(CIDI)

Having read that, the rest of you probably now think that the author is a sandwich short of a picnic. (BNC)

The Government, as they say in Glasgow, is one sandwich short of a picnic. (BNC)

být udýchaný/zadýchaný, nemoci popadnout dech

She was out of breath after climbing the stairs.(W.Magnuson,Eng.Idioms)

By the time they reached the third floor they were both out of breath. (BNC)

She didn't slow down until she was almost out of breath. (BNC)

mít nadváhu, být otylý/obézní/tlustý

You often find, for example, that teenage girls who are just slightly overweight see themselves as massively obese. (BNC)

The woman we have just described is 30 lb (13.6 kg) overweight and she should be delighted if she can be rid of this in around a year. (BNC)

In Britain alone 16 million people are overweight. (BNC(

být naprosto hluchý

 The presence of profoundly deaf children was viewed rather oddly in one situation: (BNC)

 A profoundly deaf person felt that it was best to reveal her disability after contact had been made because of the `;funny ideas'; people have about deafness. (BNC)

Many profoundly deaf children have great difficulty in learning to read.(BNC)

být propuštěn z nemocnice

However, as soon as he is released from hospital, I will submit your request to him.(BNC)

She was released from hospital yesterday after having her stomach pumped. (BNC)

být rychle převezen do nemocnice

He was rushed to hospital. (Lingea)

They were hurried to the hospital. (Lingea)

mít potíže s dýcháním, sotva popadat dech, lapat po dechu, trpět záduchou

She was so short of breath that it was an effort to speak. (BNC)

The two hundred and forty-seven pounds of weight have made him a bit short of breath. (BNC)

She was also short of breath, and her whole face was beginning to swell. (BNC)

zvracet (BrE)

být nemocný, necítit se dobře (AmE)

The cat has been sick on the carpet. (LDCE)

You will be sick if you eat any more chocolate. (LDCE)

She was sick after she ate too much chocolate.(CALD)

mít něčeho po krk/dost

I am really sick of housework! (LDCE).

I've been treated like dirt for two years now and I'm sick to death of it!(CIDI)

I am sick to death of your complaining! (LDCE)

People are sick to death of the debate on gun control. They've heard too much about guns. (CDAE)

být někomu špatně na umření (hodně)

Pete is at home in bed, sick as a dog. (LDCE)

She was as sick as a dog after that curry.(CIDI)

I was sick as a dog after last night's meal.(CALD)

hrozně zklamaný (BrE spoken humorous)

How did you feel when you missed that penalty? Sick as a parrot. (LDCE)

He was sick as a parrot when his team lost the match.(CALD)

Tim was sick as a parrot when he heard Manchester had lost the match.(CIDI)

hrozně smutný, zkroušený, mající srdcebol (literary)

I was sick at heart to think that I would never see the place again. (LDCE)

Papa was sick at heart after the hailstorm ruined our crop.(Eng.Idioms,W.Magnuson)

The thought of her home so far away made her sick at heart.(CIDI)

být převezen do nemocnice (jako pacient)

She was taken to hospital. (Lingea)

A fleet of ambulances took the injured to hospital. (Lingea)

být střed /em pozornosti

He was the life and soul of yesterday`s party. (Lingea)

We had a good time at Penny`s get-together. Of course, Mick was the life and soul of the party, as usual. (Eng. Idioms in Use, CUP)

Each evening he was off to the local pub The Royal Oak where he apparently became the life and soul of the party.(BNC)

být na výsost spokojený/potěšený

Val was tickled pink when Susan asked her to be bridesmaid at her wedding.(CIDI)

But Princess Di was tickled pink yesterday by this new portrait. (BNC)

It was tough to make pars and every time we did we were tickled to death. (BNC)

být z formy, nebýt ve formě, nebýt fit

So he wrote and signed chits for local lads, stating they were unfit to travel and thereby extending their weekends.(BNC)

At the moment the Hong Kong player is grossly unfit and slow by international standards. (BNC)

být hodně a nečekaně špatně, zvracet

I was violently sick the last time I ate prawns. (LDCE)

I was suddenly violently sick and fell into a ditch. (BNC)

They often had Fudgana and they were often, he hoped, violently sick in the car about half an hour later. (BNC)

mít velkou starost o, být roztřesený obavami, být nemocný úzkostí

Why did you not tell me you were coming home late? I have been worried sick! (LDCE)

Why didn't you call me when you knew you were going to be late? I was worried sick about you! (CIDI)

I believe your family must be worried sick about your safety.(WebCorp)

být/přijet přesně na čas

The bus arrived dead on time.(CALD)

The train arrived dead on time, so we didn`t have to wait long on the platform. (English Idioms, Oxford)

být samá modřina, dobitý, zmlácený

He was beaten black and blue at boarding school. (BNC)

He'll beat him black and blue,'; she said hopefully, but without much conviction. (BNC)

But nobody had the right to be that nasty; not even if his backside was black and blue. (BNC)

cítit se výbroně, skvěle, být v dobré kondici

být nadprůměrný, vyhovovat

Yet, as it happened, he was registering well above par that evening, for three of the four ideas he had formulated were finally to prove wholly correct. (BNC)

The jeans maker's bonds are trading above par, even in a badly depressed market. (BNC)

If the current price is above par, the operative life of the bond will depend on the date on which the call price falls below the current price. (BNC)

být plný života, nabitý energií (píseň, atd.)

His songs are full of life. (Lingea)

If entering a show, you may well find you come up trumps, mainly because you feel so fit and full of life. (BNC)

Louisa, an attractive girl full of life was in service at Mapledurham. (BNC)

být/cítit se na vrcholu sil, zcela fit, být šťastný

She'd just discovered she was pregnant and she felt on top of the world.(CIDI)

She was feeling on top of the world. (CDAE)

But Javed's men should be on top of the world. (BNC)

být někomu na zvracení, být zhnusený

Looking at those pieces of raw meat I felt sick to my stomach.(CIDI)

It makes me feel sick to my stomach when I remember my car accident.(CALD)

Stop the car! I think I'm going to be sick to my stomach.(English Idioms,Magnuson)

nebýt v kondici, vyjít z formy 

If you are out of condition then exercise, or the movements you make, will cause you some degree of physical and possibly psychological distress. (BNC)

Occasionally members of all species die when out of condition for no known reason. (BNC)

You can't do that if you are out of condition. (BNC)

být znechucený čím

We are getting sick and tired of listening to them argue all the time. (LDCE)

You've been giving me the same old excuses for months and I'm sick and tired of hearing them!(CIDI)

I get sick and tired of the feminist movement trying to undermine the English language. (BNC)

trpět nevolností při letu/v letadle

I won't be air sick!

trpět nevolností při jízdě autem

Paul remembers that the awful thing is that each time he never even felt carsick until after Ed threw up.

trpět mořskou nemocí

I was/felt seasick, so I went up on deck for some fresh air.(CALD)

mít nevolnosti při jízdě dopravními prostředky, dělat se někomu špatně při jízdě

The more the puppy is travel sick, the more it associates the car with a bad experience and the harder it is to break this association.

být bílý jako stěna

When Terry read the telegram he went as white as a sheet. (English Idioms, Oxford)

He went as white as a sheet and backed off immediately. (BNC)

She was as white as a ghost, and her eyes were shadowed as if she hadn't slept properly for weeks. (BNC)

cítit se velmi unavený, nemocný

I wish I'd got to bed earlier last night - I feel like death warmed up.(CIDI)

The poor guy looked like death warmed over.(CIDI)

He shouldn't be working when he's so ill - he looks like death warmed up!(CALD)

zemřít, natáhnout brka; přestat fungovat/existovat

Three hundred more people lost their jobs in the same region when another firm bit the dust.(CIDI)

Two Hollywood stars of the thirties have recently bitten the dust.(CIDI)

Pete was 98 when he bit the dust. He lived for nearly a century.(W.Magnuson, Eng.Idioms)

mor

The cause of this devastation was the Black Death. (BNC)

It will make the Black Death look like a mild dose of flu. (BNC)

The disease was not actually known as the Black Death during the fourteenth century. (BNC)

vysmrkat se

To avoid nosebleeds happening, try not to blow your nose too hard. (BNC)

Can you get a tissue and blow your nose cos you have such a runny cold. (BNC)

Will you blow your nose you're going to give yourself a real bad chest! (BNC)

mít větry, upšouknout si

At a wedding that I attended last summer, one of the guests broke wind very loudly during the groom's speech.(CIDI)

Most dogs break wind occasionally but Cedric was different; he did it all the time. (BNC)

The boy might break wind or say a naughty word and forfeit the protection of that great white spirit. (BNC)

I want to break wind .(BNC)

vdechnout život, projasnit (např. místnost vymalováním)

I`ll try to breathe new life into our old bedroom. (Lingea)

We need some new people to breathe life into this project.(CALD)

Breathe new life into a tired old bathroom with a coat of brightly coloured paint in this season's exciting colours.(CIDI)

dýchat někomu za krk, šlapat na paty, být v závěsu

I shall be so glad to get out of this office and not have Mason breathing down my neck any more. (English Idioms, Oxford)

It's awful having to work with a boss who's breathing down your neck the whole time.(CIDI)

It's awful having a boss who breathes down your neck all the time.(CALD)

oživit, přivést k životu, vnést oživení (př.do knihy)

In fairy-tales it is possible to bring the statue to life. (Lingea)

She brought he story to life with some details. (Lingea)

It's always been an interesting period in history and this film really brought it to life.(CALD)

čistit si zuby

How often were you expected to brush your teeth? (BNC)

You may see traces of blood when you brush your teeth. (BNC)

Henry did not wash his face or brush his teeth. (BNC)

telefonicky se omluvit kvůli nemoci

You have to call in sick before 9:30. (LDCE)

Samantha called in sick.(CDAE)

Rachaela had called in sick and sat at her window and watched it, her back packed with cushions and pillows. (BNC)

chytit příšernou rýmu

Don`t go out without a coat! You`ll catch your death of cold! (LDCE)

You can't go out dressed like that in this weather - you'll catch your death of cold!(CIDI)

You'll be catching your death of cold out here in the hall wearing nothing but that little scrapof lace. (BNC)

chytit/popadnout dech, zalapat po dechu

I had to sit down and catch my breath.(CALD)

Squatting behind an embankment, I paused to catch my breath and let my pounding heart settle down. (BNC)

I slowed down to catch my breath, and stepped into the blackness. (BNC)

onemocnět čím, dostat jakou nemoc

I caught a cold while we were in Vancouver. (W.Magnuson,Eng.Idioms)

He caught malaria when he was in the tropics. (English Idioms, Oxford)

He caught a cold on his way to Tangiers which affected his left lung, but this was merely the prelude to what became an unfortunate trip. (BNC)

zkolabovat, úplně skončit, zastavit se

You will probably not succeed in being word-perfect, and there is danger in reciting a memorised speech either of appearing unnatural or of forgetting a complete section or even coming to a dead halt. (BNC)

The lorry came to a dead halt in front of the fallen child. (English Idioms, Oxford)

oživnout, ožít, probudit se k životu

After the first goal the match finally came to life. (Lingea)

Etna came to life again. (Lingea)

Everything came to life in the summer with the warm weather and long days. (BNC)

vykašlávat něco; vydat něco nedobrovolně (peníze, informaci)

Doctors were worried when she started to cough up blood.(CALD)

I've just had to cough up £10 for a parking fine.(BNC)

But all hosepipe users will now have to cough up £33 a year. (BNC)

snížit dávku

I'm trying to cut down on caffeine.(CALD)

She just needs to cut back on her chocolate. (BNC)

You may think you can cut back on your amount of drugs easily, but it is not that easy. (BNC)

říznout se při holení

Half an hour ago he had cut himself shaving; now, it seemed, his very life was in jeopardy. (BNC)

Then came Brian, who had cut himself shaving, and was dabbing the blood on his chin. (BNC)

Hurrying to make up time, Manville had cut himself shaving, and the cluttered bathroom medicine cabinet had stubbornly refused to yield up the secret whereabouts of the styptic pencil. (BNC)

ignorovat, zasklít, přehlížet, předstírat,že nevidíte

What`s wrong with Linda? She cut me dead in the bank this morning. (English Idioms, Oxford)

I asked her about it in the meeting and she just cut me dead.(CIDI)

I said "Good Morning" but he just cut me dead.(CALD)

přímo (v)před

We came out of the wood and found the village we were looking for dead ahead of us. (English Idioms, Oxford)

The forked road which every star, perhaps every person, faces at least once in a lifetime lay dead ahead. (BNC)

After five hours and 35 minutes in the air they were all desperately short of fuel, but at that moment Malta appeared dead ahead. (BNC)

úplně mrtvý, zapomenutý, dořešený, smetený ze stolu

The Congo Treaty may now be regarded as being as dead as a doornail. (OED)

The Radicalism of Mill is as dead as the dodo. (OED)

Mr Menzies refused a request for a boycott saying he had hoped this was as dead as the dodo. (OED)

k smrti unavený, zničený

She was dead tired, but she couldn't fall asleep. (BNC)

You ought to have an early night - you look dead beat. (English Idioms, Oxford)

 At the last he was in front, but he was dead tired and Winter could do nothing to hold him together for the final desperate few yards to the line. (BNC)

strašně / moc / k smrti jednoduché

For a dead easy mark in a business way, commend me to a preacher. (OED)

Making a lawn, as any gardening book or groundsman will tell you, is dead easy. (BNC)

 That made Jay nervous again but Peter assured him they would manage, it was dead easy, a breeze. (BNC)

spát jako když někoho do vody hodí, jako špalek, být v limbu 

"Is Georgie up yet?" "I doubt it - she was dead to the world ten minutes ago."(CALD)

Guy was curled up on the sofa, dead to the world.(CIDI)

I was dead to the world when the phone rang and woke me. (Eng.Idioms,W.Magnuson)

utrpět/zasadit smrtelnou ránu

The new evidence dealt a death blow to the prosecution case. (LDCE)

The scandal dealt a death blow to (= ended) his political ambitions.(CIDI)

hop nebo trop

I'll grit my teeth and attack the course tomorrow --; death or glory, nothing in between.(BNC)

zemžít, zesnout, na vždy opustit (formal, church language)

In loving memory of my dear husband, who departed this life on May 5, 1978. (CALD)

Here lies Henry Stanford, who departed this life January 13th 1867. (CIDI)

 In Memory of Mary Leapor Daughter of Philip and Ann Leapor: who Departed this Life Nov. y 26. 1746 Aged 24. (BNC)

zahrávat si se smrtí

You're dicing with death driving at that sort of speed on icy roads.(CIDI)

Not everyone yearns to dice with death!, she retorted sweetly. (BNC)

 A charity stunt team which drives volunteers through a tunnel of fire has been warned by experts that it's dicing with death. (BNC)

zemřít násilnou smrtí

Like the latter two, he was to die a violent death, but that was not in the mind of his flatterers at that time. (BNC)

One or two English kings were murdered and one died in battle in this period; no French or German king died a violent death. (BNC)

She is believed to have died a violent death five years ago. (BNC)

být fiasko

I can feel that tonight I will die the death. (Lingea)

The principle of free health care for everyone is likely to die a death in the next ten years.(CIDI)

The play, like so many others, died a natural death after only one week.(CIDI)

The play, like so many before it, died the death after a week.(CALD)

odumírat, klesat intenzita, ustávat

When the laughter died down, I found my false teeth, put them in my mouth, and said, "Excuse me." (W.Magnuson, Eng.Idioms)

It was several minutes before the applause died down. (CALD)

A storm is expected tonight, but the wind and rain should die down by morning. (CDAE)

težko odstraňovat, tvrdošíjně se držet (staré zvyky, předsudky...)

Such habits die hard! (Lingea)

After a successful 30-year career, he no longer has any need to work - but old habits die hard. (CIDI)

These ancient traditions die hard in the isolated communities of rural China. (CIDI)

vymřít, vymizet

That type of horse died off before humans appeared.(W.Magnuson,Eng.Idioms)

They make millions of viruses, before they too die off. (BNC)

If the slick persisted long enough, it could shut out sunlight to an extent that the phytoplankton, which depend on photosynthesis, would die off, thereby threatening the survival of all fauna higher up the food chain. (BNC)

umřít při práci, když ještě člověk pracuje

I never want to retire - I'd rather die with my boots on.(CIDI)

I will die with my boots on! (BNC)

As noted Australian cricket-writer Ray Robinson put it, `;Larwood died with his boots on.'; (BNC)

buď a nebo, hop nebo trop

Colin`s taking a university entrance exam tomorrow. He knows it`s do or die, so he has been working very hard. (English Idioms, Oxford)

It's now or never - do or die - risk everything or regret it for the rest of your life. (CIDI)

On Tuesday, it's do or die in the match against Brazil. (CALD)

Tomu moc nevěř!, Radši na to nespoléhej!, S tím moc nepočítej!

She said she'd phone but don't hold your breath.(CIDI)

She said she might have finished by this afternoon but don't hold your breath.(CALD)

The City will repair the street but don't hold your breath. (W.Magnuson, Eng.Idioms)

oddechnout, vydechnout, nabrat dech

 I shan't draw breath or stop fidgeting until we're on that train to Glenfarg… (BNC)

By 1550, the Scots could stop to draw breath. (BNC)

Once he got started, the Brigadier didn't draw breath for more than half an hour. (BNC)

riskovat vlastní kůži, nasadit vlastní život

These skiers risk life and limb every day for the thrill of speed.(CIDI)

This meant I didn't have to get risk life and limb to get a good close up shot. (BNC)

The rescue team risked life and limb trying to get the three young climbers down the mountain. (English Idioms, Oxford)

být ignorován (rada, názor, prosba…)

Appeals to release the hostages fell on deaf ears.(CIDI)

Warnings that sunbathing can lead to skin cancer have largely fallen on deaf ears in Britain. (CIDI)

I asked the women in my office to smoke outside because of my cough, but my requests fell on deaf ears. (English Idioms, Oxford)

onemocnět čím

She fell ill with/was taken ill with influenza last week. (English Idioms, Oxford)

However, on the pre-Broadway run in Philadelphia, Mostel fell ill and died after only one performance. (BNC)

Germaine fell ill with influenza and the sessions had to be interrupted. (BNC)

být někomu na zvracení

Looking at those pieces of raw meat I felt sick to my stomach.(CIDI)

It makes me feel sick to my stomach when I remember my car accident.(CALD)

Stop the car! I think I'm going to be sick to my stomach.(English Idioms,Magnuson)

cítit se pod psa, nebýt ve své kůži (informal)

I'm feeling a little under the weather - I think I may have caught a cold.(CIDI)

I'm feeling a bit under the weather - I think I've caught a cold.(CALD)

Dan's been under the weather lately - sick with the flu. (Eng.Idioms,W.Magnuson)

cítit se mizerně

He had flu a couple of months ago and he's been a bit off-colour ever since.(CIDI)

I'm feeling a bit off-colour today.(CALD)

The usual symptoms are a faint pink rash with a slight fever, perhaps swollen glands or aching joints and a general feeling of being off-colour. (BNC)

točit se hlava někomu,mít závrať

Going without sleep for a long time makes me feel dizzy and light-headed.(CIDI)

I felt quite dizzy with excitement as I went up to collect the award. (CIDI)

Recent anaesthesia and certain medications can cause patients to feel dizzy and unable to maintain their balance. (BNC)

polní nemocnice

He was hospitalized again on April 3 in a Soviet military hospital outside Berlin. (BNC)

bojovat o život, zápasit se smrtí

I am the unhappiest creature in the world, but I shall fight for my life,'; he said. (BNC)

Tributes poured in from showbiz stars as Leslie fought for his life in hospital last night. (BNC)

Suddenly the ropes were cut, and the ring was invaded and Burke had to fight for his life. (BNC)

přetřásat, rozebírat něco až do omrzení

He basically takes one theme and flogs it to death for three hundred and fifty pages.(CIDI)

No sporting event is beaten to death more than the Sugar Bowl - it is analyzed again and again by the commentators.(CIDI)

It`s a theme that's been flogged to death.(CALD)

zbytečně se sanžit, ztrácet čas (marným snažením)

I`ve been showing the new clerk how to use the computer but it`s like flogging a dead horse. He simply can`t remember which keys to press. (English Idioms, Oxford)

Oh nothing is worse Than to flog a dead horse. (BNC)

If something is carried on then it is flogging a dead horse or blind ambition. (BNC)

otrava jídlem

Graf never blamed her upsets on family problems, flu, food poisoning, sinus trouble and a variety of other problems. (BNC)

Later Ministry of Agriculture officials told the nuns that this was a mistake and that the food poisoning was due to Salmonella typhimurium. (BNC)

Evidence of salmonella in chickens or in the hen house did not mean that the eggs were infected to levels that could cause food poisoning, he said. (BNC)

na celý život, doživotně, po zbytek života

His career, literally, hung by a thread of tissue which, if it had broken, would have forced him to wear a colostomy bag for life. (BNC)

And drama has so much to offer in terms of equipping a child for life after school. (BNC)

It was a job for life. (BNC)

za všechno své úsilí, snahu, námahu, snažení

This is what I have got for my pains. (Lingea)

All she got for her pains was a slight smile but no verbal reply as with efficient ease he filled and switched on a percolator. (BNC)

And when the silly girl found out and rejected him he raped her for her pains. (BNC)

ani za Boha

I cannot remember it for the life of me. (Lingea)

 I can't for the life of me understand what it is you see in it. (BNC)

I cannot for the life of me imagine a place as distant as Italy. (BNC)

vyděsit / vystrašit k smrti, být vyděšený / vystrašený k smrti

I'm scared to death she's going to tell him.(CIDI)

She's frightened to death of dogs.(CIDI)

David suddenly appeared in the doorway and scared me to death.(CIDI) 

přibrat (na váze), ztloustnout

In the weeks that followed, he found that the food supplements seemed to be making him put on weight, which was slightly worrying. (BNC)

Paula Yates, for instance, admits in an interview in Woman magazine that she is so thin that she had to put on weight before she could become pregnant. (BNC)

People who don't put on weight take it for granted that the rest of us are greedy and lacking in will power. (BNC)

lapat po dechu

He kissed the damp pulse at her throat as she gasped for breath, exhausted with pleasure. (BNC)

He gasped for breath but managed to finish a scathing indictment that wasn't as effective as he might have wished. (BNC)

The dumbfounded girl gasped for breath. (BNC)

všeobecná nemocnice

In the average district general hospital a significant proportion of medical admissions are emergencies.(BNC)

 I am advised that there were no serious repercussions for any patient at Sunderland general hospital last year. (BNC)

domov důchodců

She was doing all right as a nursing orderly in a geriatric hospital; one of her favourite; legitimate; jobs as it gave her easy access to sleeping pills and downers. (BNC)

For those who expressed interest in institutional care there was no clear statement in favour of either public or private care, although the geriatric hospital was unambiguously the least favoured option. (BNC)

Trochu víc žiovota (do toho umírání)!

You're surely not going to stay in and clean the house on a Saturday night - oh, come on, get a life! (CIDI)

I hear him talking about his stamp collection and I feel like saying, 'You sad man, get a life!'(CIDI)

I've just one more thing to say --; Simon, get a life and some new cliches!! (BNC)

nevystačit s dechem, docházet (někomu) dech

Because I'm getting a bit old I have a tendency to get out of breath. (BNC)

I'm happy if I can go up several flights of stairs and not get out of breath. (BNC)

Oh, you may notice that you get out of breath when you have been running or that you hold your breath when frightened. (BNC)

(znovu) popadnout/chytit dech, vzapamatovat se, vzchopit se

Let her get her breath back first. (BNC)

When I got my breath back I pushed between them. (BNC)

You've hardly got your breath back, and we're already talking about `;next time';? (BNC)

onemocnět (AmE)

At the last minute I got sick and could not go. (LDCE)

She was so nervous she got sick.(CDAE)

We all get sick, but we do not live in fear of catching every known disease.(BNC)

spálit se (od sluníčka)

 So even if you are under an umbrella, for example, you could still get sunburnt.(BNC)

We got tired, and sunburnt as we ran over the beach stones without shoes. (BNC)

If you do get sunburnt, try using a soothing, cooling product such as Aloe Vera Burn Relief Gel, £2.95, from Nectar Beauty Shops. (BNC)

porodit

She gave birth to twins.(CALD)

Two weeks later she was due to give birth to their first child. (BNC)

It was a Militant councillor who found her alternative accommodation where she was later to give birth to her daughter, Claire. (BNC)

dát/poskytnout první pomoc

 The latest edition of the manual of the St John Ambulance, St Andrew's Ambulance Association and the British Red Cross contains the latest information on how to give first aid in such emergencies. (BNC)

I had to give first aid treatment when needed and issued simple medicines, which included `;Miss Alba';, a white elixir effective in the eradication of constipation. (BNC)

Amanda, who's a psychiatric nurse gave first aid, but there was nothing she could do. (BNC)

oplatit někomu něco

Anthony has been plotting to ruin Michael`s good reputation in the company. It`s time someone gave him a dose of his own medicine! (English Idioms, Oxfrord)

She's always turning up late for me so I thought I'd give her a taste of her own medicine and see how she likes it.(CIDI)

If Jim is sarcastic, give him a taste of his own medicine. (W.Magnuson, Eng.Idioms)

zemřít, zatřebat bačkorama, natáhnout brka;

přestat fungovat

We've had the same television for fifteen years and I think it's finally about to give up the ghost.(CIDI)

His head slumped forward as he gave up the ghost. (BNC)

Unfortunately one was having its innards repaired at the time and another gave up the ghost after operating for all of a second. (BNC)

It proved the last straw for John Titford; ill enough, no doubt, without the need to struggle against a winter to end all winters, his weary body gave up the ghost. (BNC)

přestat, skončit (nebrat dál drogy apod.)

The addict himself must make the decision that he wants to go cold turkey.(CIDI)

Six years ago she went cold turkey on a three-pack-a-day smoking habit.(CALD)

You, Aurora Jennings Blake, have made me understand a little of what addicts must have to face when they're made to go cold turkey,'; he said. (BNC)

dostat porodní bolesti

During the storm itself, people already ill often become worse, women nearing the end of their pregnancy may go into labour and unbalanced individuals have a tendency to become violent. (BNC)

She will go to hospital and go into labour. (BNC)

She went into labour on a bitter November day when snow was falling. (BNC)

mít schůzku/rande naslepo

Karen and Doug have been happily married forover ten years. Did you know that they met on a blind date? (English Idioms, Oxford)

Elaine arranged for me to go on a blind date with a bloke from her office.(CALD)

Alexander and Mary met on a blind date and fell in love with each other. (BNC)

onemocnět

The survey by personnel software house Perco identified unskilled workers as the most likely to go sick.

It`s easier for women to go sick because they have fewer social roles. (BNC)

jít do nemocnice (jako pacient)

Despite the pain fisherman Terry, veteran of almost 600 jumps in seven years, was reluctant to go to hospital. (BNC)

I don't want to go to hospital. (BNC)

(vyna)snažit se, dát si záležet, vyvinout úsilí, usilovat, snažit se o co, dát si velkou práci s čím

I went to great pains to get this record for you.(CIDI)

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson take pains to find families that are truly in need.(Eng.Idioms, W.Magnuson)

If you value your trees, you will take pains to master this art. (BNC)

držet dietu, začit dietu

I've got this friend who is slim, and she keeps saying she has to go on a diet, so you think: well, if she had to go on a diet, what must I be like? (BNC)

You should go on a diet. (BNC)

On a diet for five years, he just got fatter. (BNC)

(informal) jít/být na operaci, jít pod kudlu

Harry goes under the knife next week, but it is nothing serious, only an ulcer. (English Idioms, Oxford)

Every attack was accompanied by the certain knowledge that within a couple of hours I'd be under the knife. (BNC)

Bet you didn't know Northern Ireland star Michael Hughes was under the knife several weeks ago? (BNC)

onemocnět

He went down with gastric flu last week. I hope I am not going to come down with it too! (Eng. Idioms,Oxford)

Brenda came down with the flu. She's very sick. (W.Magnuson,Eng.Idioms)

I think I'm coming down with flu. (CALD)

potíže, obtíže, těžkosti, komplikace

Even highly successful businesses will have experienced growing pains in the early days.(CIDI)

As any professional practice or department becomes more successful, its expansion is unlikely to be achieved without growing pains. (BNC)

Its goals of supporting advanced features like multi-processing and security while remaining very portable and scalable and at the same time backwards compatible with MS-DOS and 3.1 `;will inflict costs in reliability and efficiency while it experiences its share of growing pains.(BNC)

mít monokl, modrák, modřinu

He had a black eye and he was limping. (BNC)

She would have a spectacular black eye by the following morning! (BNC)

mít kocovinu

 Parker had a hangover. (BNC)

He'd woken without a hangover and even done a token tidying-up of his room. (BNC)

The kind of thing you ask yourself when you've got a bad hangover. (BNC)

mít něco ze života (př. Mít záliby, které zpříjemňují život)

I cannot be said to have a life outside these four walls. (BNC)

You'll have a life without winters, playing the best polo in the world.(BNC)

But at the end of the day they have a life. (BNC)

nervové zhroucení, nervově se zhroutit,

The poor centipede worried over the answer until he had a nervous breakdown and lost the ability to walk naturally. (BNC)

Dad goes on like that, especially when his secretary's off with a nervous breakdown again. (BNC)

I've heard of women so depressed that they spend their 40th birthday incommunicado, having a mini nervous breakdown in bed. (BNC)

být blázen, nemít to v hlavě v pořádku

I think that woman has a screw loose - she goes out in her slippers.(CIDI)

Sometimes I think he has a screw loose - like when he eats paper. (W.Magnuson,Eng.Idioms)

The lady with the upright hair who Gloria said had a screw loose, clattered into the bedroom holding out a steaming jug on a tray. (BNC)

mít vyhozenou ploténku

He was only twenty-six and had just recovered from a slipped disc. (BNC)

Nigel had been very healthy all his life and, apart from a slipped disc and the odd bout of `;flu, had never been incapacitated for more than a day or so. (BNC)

His first patient was a woman in agony with a slipped disc. (BNC)

bolest v krku

You may also have a dry irritating cough, a sore throat and a runny, itchy nose. (BNC)

Now he was in bed with severe bruising, a sore throat and a dislocated left knee and being tended by Rachel. (BNC)

 Celia, the younger by ten minutes, had always been the weaker, but it was Dermot who'd come home from school first, complaining of a sore throat. (BNC)

mít vážné bolesti žaludku, vážná nevolnost

Mrs Menzies had died five years before, killed by malaria and stomach trouble from their time in Bengal. (BNC)

As soon as I was strong enough, and could walk again, I fetched my baby from the nursing home, but he then died of shock from an operation necessitated by stomach trouble. (BNC)

On Thursday, England began the Test with Graham Gooch out with food poisoning, and both Mike Gatting and Robin Smith unable to field because of more stomach trouble. (BNC)

nechat si vytrhnout zub

I was trembling a little, more anxious than if I was going to have a tooth out. (BNC)

Well I had Mrs in this morning she had a tooth out this morning and he broke it and he tried to get the rest out you know using a special instrument and he twisted it and a fragment of the tooth come off and hit me straight in the eye. (BNC)

Where you could have a tooth pulled for sixpence with a brass band to drown your screams? (BNC)

porucha trávení, špatné trávení, bolení žaludku

He missed the 2-2 draw with Boro because of an upset stomach. (BNC)

If he had an upset stomach, it was not something he had eaten, indigestion, but the first sign of a rumbling ulcer. (BNC)

být operován

When did he have his operation? (BNC)

After 20 calls to animal sanctuaries a person who would foster Holly was found, so that the woman could have her operation. (BNC)¨

I had to have an oeration which meant that it wouldn't be easy for me to live in the flats any longer. (BNC)

mít toulavé boty, nemít stání (cestovní horečka)

I can not stay in one place for more than a year without getting itchy feet. (CUP, Eng.Idioms In Use)

Why've you got all these travel brochures? Do you have itchy feet? (CIDI)

After three years in the job she began to get itchy feet.(CALD)

porucha trávení, špatné trávení, bolení žaludku

You'll give yourself indigestion if you swallow your dinner so quickly. (CIDI)

You know crisps give me indigestion. (CIDI)

zadržet dech

Hold your breath for a few moments. (BNC)

Hold your breath for ten seconds while you have a good stretch. (BNC)

Just lean your shoulders a little further forward, and when I tell you, hold your breath.(BNC)

držet se jako klíště, pevně svírat

Darren always drives the bike and I sit behind him, hanging on him like grim death.(CIDI)

Flupper would pretend to skid and go out of control: it was terrific --; we'd hang on like grim death to the rope. (BNC)

Teeth clenched, she held on like grim death, determined not to embarrass Penry Vaughan with a fit of hysterics just because she was in a boat again. (BNC)

nemocniční personál

The hospital staff I spoke to were almost without exception complacent on the subject of interpreters. (BNC)

As the trip went on he began to feel unwell, and when he left he returned to Kingston, rather than Trinidad, as he knew the hospital staff there. (BNC)

Hospital staff sent him home to try to patch things up with his hot-tempered wife. (BNC)

ústavní péče

A woman is receiving urgent hospital treatment for AIDS. (BNC)

Like the stroke patient who has received hospital treatment, the head-injured patient may still be fairly disabled at the time he is discharged. (BNC)

A woman needed hospital treatment after being attacked by a parrot as she walked her dog at Ashleworth, near Gloucester. (BNC)

nemocniční oddělení

In rare instances, new-born babies have been studied for several months in a constant environment in a hospital ward. (BNC)

Be aware of the possible need for privacy, for example, in a hospital ward an intimate conversation with close relatives should not be overheard. (BNC)

And Eve's in a hospital ward with broken ribs and concussion and all kinds of things. (BNC)

nemocniční odpad

A public inquiry's begun into plans to burn hospital waste at an animal crematorium. (BNC)

This animal crematorium could soon be burning hospital waste, if it's owner gets his way. (BNC)

The move follows several waste dumping scandals, in particular the illegal export of hospital waste to France and chemical waste to Romania. (BNC)

jedním dechem, a současně, (říct 2 rozporuplné věci)

She said she didn't love him any more but in the same breath said how wonderful he was.(CIDI)

You say you're bored and frustrated but in the same breath say you're resigned to staying in the same job.(CALD)

New actors need to try and widen their range all the time and in the same breath find a way of being commercially as well as artistically viable. (BNC)

infekční nemocnice/oddělení

In the autumn of 1897 seven children contracted diphtheria and were sent to the Isolation Hospital. (BNC)

Very few people ever left the isolation hospital and visitors had to sit behind a glass screen. (BNC)

Her lungs were racked with fever and the doctor took one look at her and sent her to the isolation hospital. (BNC)

udržovat se v dobré kondici

Keep fit and run for the charity which values your contribution. (BNC) 

If you want good beaches and good nightlife, but also want to keep fit during your holiday, Dassia is an excellent resort. (BNC)

I have no doubt that I will carry on running to keep fit but there is a difference between that and training to race well. (BNC)

zemřít, natáhnout bačkory

Didn't you hear? He kicked the bucket. Had a heart attack, I think.(CIDI)

Charlie finally kicked the bucket. He had cancer, you know. (W.Magnuson,Eng.Idioms)

When did Al kick the bucket?(CDAE)

velice nadnesený, povznešený, nad poměry všedního dne

In the cameos of street life, certain characters appeared larger than life, as the source of ritualized conflict. (BNC)

He was a huge man, a larger than life character,'; Ufton added. (BNC)

And, though the story kills off the painter, the big draw himself is sure to return larger than life. (BNC)

položit svůj život za někoho

He laid down his life for her. (lingea)

Ray Illingworth was surely not exaggerating when he said that Barrington `;laid down his life for cricket';. (BNC)

I told her that at last I knew what really had happened to my father, her beloved husband, the man who had laid down his life for his country. (BNC)

posmrtný život

She was asked if she believed there was life after death. (BNC)

Is there life after death for dogs? (BNC)

I don't believe in life after death because I do not believe in our limited concept of time.(BNC)

život jde dál

Everybody says sorry and life goes on --; it's that banal. (BNC)

When the shows finish, my life goes on. (BNC)

This is because our movements slowly become stereotyped as life goes on and we tend to move in a way that feels `;right'; to us. (BNC)

žít naplno

Afraid to live life to the full, for fear of injury?(BNC)

 You can `;be alive'; as opposed to `;being dead';; or you can do your best to live life to the full --; putting in and getting out as much as possible. (BNC)

Live life to the full, because tomorrow any one of us could be dead,'; or something like that. (BNC)

žít svůj vlastní život, po svém

In Europe terrorist groups were bombing capitalist targets; in London psychologists were saying you had to live your own life in your own way and not according to your family, or you'd go mad. (BNC)

Live your own life --; not your child's. (BNC)

Now that the children have left home I can live my own life again.(CALD)

(z)hubnout

Once you know your daily calorie intake it is easy to adjust it so that you gain or lose weight. (BNC)

 The usual reward for keeping to a diet is in-built; you lose weight! (BNC)

It is necessary, even if you are trying to lose weight, to maintain adequate carbohydrate and fibre levels. (BNC)

ztráta chutí, nechutenství

Other signs include lethargy and loss of appetite. (BNC)

There may be fever, loss of appetite and weight, and aches and pains in the muscles, joints, and bones. (BNC)

A doctor spoke recently of the many patients who came to him --; mostly men --; complaining of stiff neck, poor sleep, loss of appetite and failing sexual desire. (BNC)

zcela se zotavit

She is expected to make a full recovery but will remain in hospital for at least two weeks. (BNC)

Julian then made a full recovery and lived for another forty years. (BNC)

znechucovat někoho, hýbat žlučí někomu

People like you make me sick! (LDCE)

Todays moral makes me sick. (Lingea)

If you eat any more of that cake, you'll make yourself sick.(CALD)

- (spoken humorous) to make sb feel jelaous

You make me sick with your ‘expenses paid’ holidays’!(LDCE)

porodnice

Increasing grants have been made by some governments for the contruction of free maternity homes or maternity ward in general hospitals. (OED)

The supervision of midwifery, including the establishment of maternity homes. (OED)

Manchester has long felt the want of a maternity hospital. (OED)

mateřská dovolená

Some women choose to take maternity leave and return to work relatively soon after the birth of their child, either through financial necessity or from choice.(BNC)

I shall be on maternity leave from the end of December and plan to return to the editor's chair in the summer. (BNC)

(literally), zemřít, najít svou smrt

In any case, a double indicates the Fanatic has met his end and the model is immediately removed from the table. (BNC)

Remembering how General Steiner had met his end in the Gestapo cellars at Prinz Albrechtstrasse, it seemed likely to Schellenberg that Himmler might have other reasons. (BNC)

 Find out why men and women became pirates, where they operated and how they met their end. (BNC)

odejít na pravdu boží (euphem.)

I'm afraid Zoe's rabbit is no more. He's gone to meet his maker.(CIDI)

The one down his front said," ARE you READY TO MEET YOUR MAKER?" (BNC)

You'll see when you meet your maker... (WebCorp)

nikdy v životě, nikdy za celý svůj život

I`ve never seen such a beauty in my life. (Lingea)

I never in my life heard a train say licketty split or tickety boo,'; protested Lydia. (BNC)

Never in my life have I questioned an appointment," she said, weighing every word. (BNC)

nikdy se nedávej, naděje umírá poslední

There are still a couple of job agencies that you haven't tried. Never say die.(CIDI)

Set your goals and try to achieve them. Work hard. Never say die.(W.Magnuson, Eng.Idioms)

Come on Sally-Anne; never say die! (BNC)

být blázen, nemít to v hlavě v pořádku

His aunt's not right in the head, poor soul - you sometimes see her wandering up the street in her nightie.(CIDI)

Satirists are often not right in the head. (BNC)

They had one daughter, who I believe is not right in the head; but that may not be the one you met. (BNC)

v žádném případě, ani za nic

"So you're going to bring Kev, are you?" "Not on your life!"(CALD)

Not on your life,'; she muttered through trembling teeth. (BNC)

'Would you kiss him?' 'Not on your life!' (CIDI)

nemít čas si ani vydechnout

He surfaced, briefly, but the swell rolled him over and drove him down again before he'd even had time to draw breath. (BNC)

For one thing it gives me the opportunity to write to you, and also I must have time to draw breath and come to terms with this astounding piece of good fortune that has befallen me. (BNC)

Hanging back as he strode off to get it, she protested worriedly, `;I really think it might be best not to --; and I don't know quite how it is, but although you all seem to move without speed, not to hurry, I feel as though I'm being rushed along without time to draw breath!'; (BNC)

pod hrozbou, pod trestem čeho/smrti

She said, under pain of death, I was to leave you, for I interfered with her son and his lover.(BNC)

They had been told to leave their homes by noon on pain of death.(CIDI)

If you are told to do something on/under pain of death, you will be killed if you do not do it.(CALD)

jako o život, ze všech sil

It turns on to its side and as I cling on for dear life I hear a startled cry from Nathan. (BNC)

It must have been within inches of the goal because when Swift collected the deflection, he was running along his own goal-line for dear life. (BNC)

With difficulty, he made his way towards her, Charlotte clinging to him for dear life. (BNC)

jen přes mou mrtvolu

'Josh says he's going to buy a motorbike.' 'Over my dead body!'(CIDI)

If they cut down those trees, they'll do it over my dead body.(CIDI)

"Joe says he's going to buy a motorbike." "Over my dead body!"(CALD)

zemřít

She's terribly upset because her father passed away last week. (CALD)

Mr Henderson passed away peacefully in the night. (English Idioms, Oxford)

Grandma passed away in 1974. She was 92. (W.Magnuson,Eng.Idioms)

zemřít, přestat fungovat

The car finally pegged out about 20 miles from home.(CALD)

 Pegged out: dental problems may be a symptom of other illness in the body, above. (BNC)

Don`t worry about me! I`ve no intention of pegging out just yet! (English Idioms, Oxford)

zemřít, zatřebat bačkorama, natáhnout brka...

This place hasn't been the same since poor old Harry popped his clogs.(CIDI)

I think I'll leave all my money to charity when I pop my clogs.(CALD)

He just went on his knees and popped his clogs. (BNC)

psychiatrická léčebna

Recently, six Humberside teenagers ended up in a psychiatric hospital with a form of schizophrenia after taking the drug.

dát život v sázku

According to some theorists, that's the only way men can let down their macho defences: in blood-letting, catastrophe, a suicidal willingness to put your life on the line. (BNC)

Then we thought of David's `;Death of Marat';, because, in my opinion, that painting contains the idea of the artist putting his own life on the line. (BNC)

Politicians aren't the ones putting their lives on the line fighting wars.(CIDI)

svěřit svůj život do čích rukou

She was not ready to place her life in the hands of any man. (BNC)

Every time you drive a car, you put your life in the hands of other motorists.(CIDI)

When you fly, you put your life in the hands of pilot. (Lingea)

dobít si baterky, načerpat novou energii, znovu nabrat síly

A week away would give you time to rest and recharge your batteries.(CIDI)

She took a trip to the South of France to recharge her batteries.(CALD)

Wright replies that built into her schedule will be visits to a favourite retreat house in Edinburgh;to recharge my batteries. (BNC)

zůstat v nemocnici

He will have to remain in hospital for a week. (Lingea)

How long do older people remain in hospital? (BNC)

ovládat něčí život

Don`t let drugs rule your life. (Lingea)

It is you, having shut the door on your fears which have hitherto ruled your life, who can open a new door. (BNC)

But it's silly to let a baby rule your life ain't it? (BNC)

mít teplotu, horečku

Clare was fired for turning up late after she had to wait for a doctor because Josh had a temperature. (BNC)

 Harvey said he still had a temperature and must have something to eat before he went to bed. (BNC)

By lunchtime she was distinctly unwell and the school nurse told her she had a temperature and sent her home. (BNC)

(informal) nenamáhat se, neunavovat se, šetřit s dechem (marnými radami atd.)

No one is listening to your advice, so you might just as well save your breath. (English Idioms, Oxford)

I don't know why I bother speaking to him - I might as well save my breath.(CALD)

I don't know why I bother talking to you -- I might as well save my breath. (CDAE)

to (kdo) bude můj konec, to (kdo) mě přivede do hrobu

That will be the death of me! (lingea)

That boy is going to be the death of me! (LDCE)

You'll be the death of me with all your questions. (BNC)

poznat svět, těšit se ze života

I want to see life a bit before I sattle down. (Lingea)

He joined the army to see life, but he spent two years at a training camp near his home town. (English Idioms, Oxford)

Service controller Joanne Edwards is also keen to see life on board, as are the other sixteen volunteer technicians. (BNC)

prodat svou kůži lacino

He decided to sell his life dearly. (Lingea)

Tyrion reeled to his feet, determined to sell his life dearly. (BNC)

I picked up a dental chisel and resolved to sell my life dearly. (BNC)

píchnout si (drogu)

She saw a girl shooting up in the toilets.(CALD)

If the lives of gay men are undervalued, how about the lives of homeless black and Hispanic people who shoot up drugs? (BNC)

Because I'd shoot up drugs or have parties and get drunk and sleep with boys? (BNC)

neschopenka/omluvenka

You can ask them for a sick note from their doctor, but only if they have been away for more than seven days. (BNC)

He said when Mr McKay's sick note was sent in it was not picked up that it had anything to do with the accident. (BNC)

zvracet (BrE informal)

What happens when someone gets sick up in space? I think that's happened a few times. (WebCorp)

Thumbelina was never sick, up until she was about 12.(WebCorp)

One of them began to sick up at class at 1 pm. (WebCorp)

nemocenské dávky, nemocenská

In the case of insured persons who have attained the age of seventy, the right to sickness benefit and disablement benefit shall cease. (OED)

Unemployment and sickness benefit were put on a new basis. (OED)

The plaintiff`s sickness benefit was liable to immediate cessation. (OED)

odepsat se, podepsat si svůj ortel smrti

The company signed its own death warrant by choosing to remain independent rather than going into partnership.(CIDI)

The cancellation of the multi-million dollar order signed the company's death warrant.(CIDI)

She signed her own death warrant by refusing to do what the boss demanded.(CALD)

známky života

She soon fell victim, and ceased to show any signs of life. (BNC)

He was looking at a completely empty street, so lacking in signs of life that it might be a convenient escape route. (BNC)

Andy Lavender looks for signs of life in the Shaw corpus. (BNC)

prášky na spaní

No doubt you take sleeping pills,'; said Mrs Clancy. (BNC)

The sleeping pills had left her feeling groggy; she knew from experience that unless she rose immediately on waking, she would feel drugged throughout the day. (BNC)

 For sleep, she took sleeping pills. (BNC)

zemřít (informal), natáhnout brka

The old chap snuffed it before he had chance to make his will. (English Idioms, Oxford)

I'm dreadfully sorry, Mr Holly, it's the most extraordinary thing but the chap's dead, snuffed it. (BNC)

Even when he snuffed it on Mount Cavalry, he knew he would live again. (BNC)

být/znamenat konec čeho

Plans to built a bridge across the river sounded the death knell for the ferry. (LDCE)

The new superstore will sound the death knell for hundreds of small independent shops. (CIDI)

The closure of the local car factory tolled the death knell of the town.(CIDI)

začít znova, začít nový život

She decided to start a new life in Australia.(CALD)

Had he stayed in the East End, he may have drifted into delinquency; instead, his mother sent for him when he was 12 to start a new life in Canada. (BNC)

Soon he would be going out to start a new life. (BNC)

spatřit světlo světa, zrodit se

The Simpsons started life as animated shorts breaking up the sketches on The Tracey Ullman Show . (BNC)

Malvern Mill started life as a corn mill and was converted to silk in around 1840. (BNC)

The Cambridge Refugee Committee started life in the Quaker home of Hilda Sturge. (BNC)

náhle/znenadání zastavit, zarazit se, ustat

We almost had an accident this morning. A big van pulled out in front of our car and stopped dead without giving a signal. (English Idioms, Oxford)

Simultaneously Lisa felt her heart stop dead and a rush of excitement unleash within her. (BNC)

As soon as I decided not to go farther than Cambridge, I wanted to stop dead in the middle of the road. (BNC)

zmírnit něco (aby to bylo přijatelnější), vynahradit

Since the 1970s there has been a movement to bring art into hospitals, to sugar the pill, to the advantage of both patients and artists. (BNC)

The boss has sugared the overtime pill by offering a large extra payment. (CUP, Eng.Idioms In Use)

Since the 1970s there has been a movement to bring art into hospitals, to sugar the pill, to the advantage of both patients and artists. (BNC)

ndechnout se (zhluboka)

Maidstone paused and took a deep breath. (BNC)

She held the doorhandle, took a deep breath, and opened the door. (BNC)

 took a deep breath and said, yes, all right, he could borrow mine. (BNC)

vzít si život, spáchat sebevraždu

He took his own life because of her. (Lingea)

But it's still a mystery why Pamela Wray took her life. (BNC)

 One month after Pamela took her life, her family is still searching for a reason. (BNC)

vyrazit/vzít někomu dech co

The beauty of the Taj Mahal took my breath away.(CIDI)

The news took my breath away. (BNC)

And if they don't take your breath away the scenery certainly will. (BNC)

zabít, vzít někomu život

We say he took her life and then made it look as if it was suicide. (BNC)

Opening the prosecution case at Liverpool Crown Court, Mr Klevan alleged that Gilfoyle, a former private in the Royal Army Medical Corps, `;took her life and thereafter made it look as if it were suicide.' (BNC)

He took her life… evil. (BNC)

měřit někomu teplotu

Every hour after the operation, a nurse took his temperature and plotted it on a progress' graph. (BNC)

He was looking very hot and flushed in woodwork just now, and I sent him along to Mrs C. She took his temperature --; about the only thing she can do --; and sent him to bed.'; (BNC)

 My mother was reading to me from A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia, and I can remember exactly where she had got to in the book when, thinking I looked feverish, she took my temperature and put me to bed. (BNC)

onemocnět

He took sick and died a week later. (LDCE)

Edna's had to go home because Mum's been took sick. (BNC)

Well,'; he began hesitantly, `;it all began when Una took sick and we had to get the doctor…'; (BNC)

fakultní nemocnice

Takový je život!

I am very sorry that John has lost his job, but then that`s life these days. (English Idioms, Oxford)

Sun, sand and cocktails - this is the life! (CIDI)

Whenever Maurice has bad luck, he says, "Ah, that's life." (W.Magnuson)

umělé dýchání, dýchání z úst do úst

Why didn't you at least try to resuscitate her, give her the kiss of life? (BNC)

The kiss of life that was too late. (BNC)

 The officer gave her the kiss of life for five minutes before she showed signs of life. (BNC) 

posmrtný život, příští / další život

 I came to tell you that in the next life you won't return to Earth.(BNC)

I want us to be together in the next life.(BNC)

I'm preparing myself for the next life. (BNC)

zuby moudrosti

She's having her wisdom teeth out.(CALD)

Sometimes you have wisdom teeth that have hung on in there for so long they won't come out and just lounge about on the X-rays, flicking V-signs. (BNC)

And you don't get your wisdom teeth until you're eighteen, at least. (BNC)

k smrti, na smrt (vyděšený, unavený, znuděný...)

Why didn't you ring and say you were going to be late? I was worried to death.(CIDI)

You must be bored to death, sitting here all day with nothing to do.(CIDI)

I've been worried to death over you', I says, `wondering where you was'.(BNC)

přivřít oči nad, přehlížet, tolerovat co

The boss knows that we often waste time chatting, but she just turns a blind eye to it. (English Idioms, Oxford)

Management often turn a blind eye to bullying in the workplace.(CALD)

I knew Kenny was taking the money but I turned a blind eye because he was my sister's child.(CIDI)

ignorovat něco, dělat, že neslyším, přeslechnout (př. kritiku)

I told Mark to stop parking his car in front of our drive, but he just turned a deaf ear to it. (English Idioms, Oxford)

In the past they've tended to turn a deaf ear to such requests.(CIDI)

 On these occasions the Chairman is wise to turn a deaf ear to the interruption. (BNC)

pod vousy, pro sebe (mumlat si)

When the teacher asks questions, I often answer under my breath.(W.Magnuson,Eng.Idioms)

He left in an angry mood, muttering and swearing under his breath. (English Idioms, Oxford)

I muttered under my breath as Taff pulled out the cork and commenced pouring the wine into the two mugs.(BNC)

namáhat si zbytečně hlasivky, unavovat se zbytečným mluvením

Honestly, you're wasting your breath - he doesn't want to hear what anyone else has got to say.(CALD)

Don't waste your breath. I've already asked her to help and she said no. (CIDI)

You'd be wasting your breath reporting it to the police - they never look for stolen bikes.(CIDI)

abstinenční příznaky

I was suffering severe and painful withdrawal symptoms, and my mother was alarmed by my fits of weeping, my chronic insomnia, my thinness. (BNC)

So it is the woman who will experience the first withdrawal symptoms. (BNC)

Methadone works in the same way as heroin, but less effectively; it thus provides a way off heroin that minimises withdrawal symptoms. (BNC)

(informal) někdo by nikdy něco neudělal, ani za živa by někdo něco neudělal

What a terrible colour! I wouldn`t be seen dead in it. (English Idioms, Oxford)

Liz won`t accept Barry`s invitation to the disco. She doesn`t like him - says she wouldn`t be seen dead with him. (English Idioms, Oxford)