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)