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have it up to here

mít něčeho po krk

I've had it up to here with your low rise. Google

Over the last several months I have seen,
read and heard so much about politics that I have had it up to here! Google

I've had it up to here with e-mail!  google 

be fed up

být znechucen, otráven

I am fed up with my treatment by my employer and am thinking of resigning.
 Google

 I am fed up with Disposable Devices and You should be too! Google

 I am fed-up of playing games for fun only. Google

do your homework

to make carefull preparations so that you know all you need to know about sth and are able to deal with it successfully

He aces all the tests and actually does his homework well, so he could easily get an A.  Google

You just need to do your homework well. Google

Take the time to do your homework. Google

a clever boots

sb who is very clever

You are a clever boots, you
are.  Google

 I am sure Malgosia and co. would suggest your are a clever
boots dearie. Google

The central pdd confirms Marston as a clever
boots who people are wise to invest in.  Google

be too clever by half

to be too confident of your own intelligence in a way that annoys other people

Everything about the show is too clever by half, especially the clichéd story setup,
which composer, lyricist, and writer Anne Nygren-Doherty tries to redeem . Google

Usually, word play is too
clever by half and not nearly relevant enough or fresh enough.  Google

Sherlock's Home is too clever by half, but the beers are terrific ...
 google

at the chalkface

a teacher who is at the chalkface is teaching students, and is not working in any other kind of job connected with education

"When you look at the chalkface, lecturers participate
quite well - except they are too busy," James says.  Google

Frankly I don't buy the idea that you can "pick up as you go along" management
skills without putting in some groundwork at the chalkface.  Google

Managing learning Back at the "chalkface"
of education, there are smaller revolutions.  Google

the chattering classes

educated people who like to discuss and give their opinions about political and social matters

So, I imagine a new dinner party game for the chatterin' classes...  Google

Rock isn't the art form of the chattering classes and only a minority of its practitioners have any expertise in elucidating a rigorous conceptual rationale for their work.  BNCI

On the other hand, Wringe's suspicions gain some credence in the light of the well-publicised hostility of the Thatcherite Right to `;the chattering classes';.  Google

be (like) chalk and cheese

two people who are completely different from each other

Or in other words, the ways in which differences are described
in the USA and Britain are... like chalk and cheese. Google

At the root of this unhappy state of affairs is not just the fact that the
two sides are like chalk and cheese.  Google

Judaism and Christianity are like chalk and cheese. google

have sth on the brain

not be able to stop thinking or talking about one particular thing

Everyone here has it on the brain.

 I guess that's why I have it on the brain.  Google

In fact, I'll probably have it on the brain for all of next month, too.  Google

be out of your brain

be very drunk

He is out of his brain with happiness.  Google

 They met when she was 18 and he was out of his brain on cocaine and
amazingly they fell in love.  Google

John was actually a nice guy when he was out of his brain-washed robot self, as we
discussed rap music, playing basketball on lowered rims, and eating grapes. google

words of wisdom

wise or sensible remarks, advice

Quotations and words of wisdom from people who not only knew what they were saying
but who also knew how to say it well.  google

Ben Franklin wrote many words of wisdom.  google

A collection of words of wisdom springed from a vast cultural heritage of mankind.
 google

a word to the wise

a word is enough for the wise

A word for the wise--do some family planning early. Google

A word for the wise – only manage the depth that adds
value, not the ultimate depth because you can. google

A word for the wise is quite sufficient. google

word perfect

able to repeat a passage of verse or prose without mistakes or hesitations

They are expected to come word perfect and to research their part, however tiny.  google

Nicholson saw them around Sunset Strip and for a time they were joined by Elvis Presley, who had seen Rebel Without a Cause forty-four times and could speak Dean's lines word perfect.  google

`;Your German was word perfect when we spoke earlier, Mr Whitlock,'; Franz said.  google

wit and wisdom

quickness of mind and sagacity

There is wit and wisdom for caregivers in these uplifting reflections, especially
for those caring for the terminally ill.  Google

"That which does not kill us makes us stranger": the collected wit
and wisdom of spammers. Google

These bits of wit and wisdom are from Reader's
Digest and other places.  Google

wear one´s learning lightly

not be self-imporatnt about one´s knowledge, not try impress others

Colleagues also mention his kindness and patience: he
wears his learning lightly, with no hint of arrogance. Google

By any standard, 50 pages of footnotes
impress, though he wears his learning lightly. Google

 He wears his learning lightly, but the book is
peppered with interesting allusions and references.  google