be violently sickbýt 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) |
be worried sick / be sick with worrymít 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) |
be/arrive dead/right on timebýt/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) But they always arrived dead on time so we never got on, said Mr Kelly. (BNC) |
be/be beaten black and bluebýt 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) |
be/feel above parcítit 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) |
be/feel full of lifebýt 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) |
be/feel on top of the worldbýt/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)
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be/feel sick to your stomachbýt 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) |
be/get out of conditionnebýt 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) |
be/get sick (and tired) ofbýt 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) |
be/get/feel airsicktrpět nevolností při letu/v letadle I won't be air sick! (BNC)At one point in the turbulence I felt certain I was going to be air-sick and the very thought was unsettling. (BNC)Either the mental strategy worked or the weather became slowly but imperceptibly better, for I was not air-sick and have usually been a `;good sailor'; by air or by sea ever since. (BNC) |
be/get/feel carsicktrpět nevolností při jízdě autem Paul remembers that the awful thing is that each time he never even felt carsick until after Ed threw up. (BNC)At first, however, being unused to the sensations of the journey, they may well be car sick. (BNC)What's wrong, darling; are you car sick? (BNC) |
be/get/feel seasicktrpět mořskou nemocí I was/felt seasick, so I went up on deck for some fresh air.(CALD) The crossing took almost a week and those team members who were not seasick practised hitting shots on board, timing their swings with the roll of the ship. (BNC)Chester and the Wordsworths were violently seasick almost at once. (BNC) |
be/get/feel travel-sickmít 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. (BNC)Unlike George Bush, I don't get travel sick. (BNC)Italian Railways found that a high proportion of passengers became travel sick on the train. (BNC) |
be/go/turn/look as white as a sheet/ghostbýt 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) |