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)

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)

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)

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)

(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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

(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)

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(

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)

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)

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)