starý chlípník

On the top shelf they've got all those horrible magazines for dirty old men. CIDI

Or was he distressed by the public persona of a cheeky and dirty old man, utterly at odds with his self-image as a dandy? WebC

 There's a dirty old man described in this book that is a little like me. WebC

stará panna

She'd give that up when she pleased or die an old maid. BNC

She didn't want false teeth; they would make her look like an old maid. BNC

I'm destined to die an old maid, so I am. BNC

jablko, které nepadlo daleko od stromu

Look at her bossing everyone around - she's a real chip off the old block! CIDI

I remember that my chest swelled with pride the day Mrs Smelley told me that I was a chip off the old block and that in her opinion one day I might even be as good as my Granpa. BNC

His grandfather, who taught him songs and ballads and regaled him with tales of his own `;merry'; youth when he fought with gamekeepers, clearly saw the young poacher as a chip off the old block. BNC

matka, stará (manželka)

My old lady's nearly ninety, and stone-deaf, and her mind wanders now and then…BNC

'I told my old lady I'd be home,' McQuaid lied as he rose. BNC

We stopped in the mountains and everybody brought out their bread and wine and cheese, and my old lady had olives. BNC

zázračné dítě/fenomén

The author more or less accuses her of driving her son to an early grave because her fictional portraits of him as the wonder child put so much pressure on him. WebC

Then we are usually able to experience the playful and creative 'wonder child' who emerges as healing is accomplished. WebC

But this did not matter to his happy parents. In their eyes he was a wonder child. WebC

vychovat, vyrůst

How do you bring up a child like that? BNC

When people do not know how to bring up or what to teach their children their cultural heritage is indeed in jeopardy. BNC

A school acts as a magnet for young people who want to bring up their family in a rural or well-defined small urban environment. BNC

vychovávání, výchova (dětí)

But we also recognise that all families face extra costs in bringing up children. BNC

You concentrate so much on bringing up your children correctly, that suddenly you don't have a life of your own. BNC

On the one hand, bringing up children is seen as a purely private matter. BNC

být jako otec 

 But he was his father's son in temperament. WebC

The governor stared coolly across the threshold at Jack, who with the same dark, penetrating eyes was plainly his father's son. WebC

He was his father's son, and it was the music that drove him along, not the money or the fame, just as it had with Tim a generation before. WebC

tiplice, sekáč (pavouk)

She would play in the dark shed, where there were millions of daddy-long-legs, or stand about watching him while he dug. BNC

A parent bird was feeding them on daddy-long-legs. BNC

All flies possess these little structures but they are particularly noticeable in the crane flies, the daddy-long-legs, in which the knobs are placed on the ends of stalks so that they look like the heads of drumsticks. BNC

z otce na syna (dědit majetek, předávat zkušenosti apod.)

The bone-setting power is often handed down from father to son. BNC

Land passes from father to son: his is split between himself and his father. BNC

Some of the features of a status society, such as peerages, can be passed from father to son. BNC

otcovská osobnost

NBA reporter Divac serves as a father figure for countrymen entering NBA. WebC

It was a terrible shock because he was a real father figure and taught us a lot. BNC

Paul Newman plays The Kid as a social outcast looking for a father figure. BNC

šišlání, žvatlání

From the time he could say words, he always spoke correctly, no baby talk… BNC

Because the man continues his role outside the home he provides a window on the adult world which may be sorely needed by his partner when she fears she is slowly sinking beneath piles of dirty nappies and baby talk. BNC

'Dinna imagine it's the local baby talk,'; Reid went on. BNC

Microwave cooking creates potentially dangerous substances in baby milk which may damage the brain, liver and kidneys, doctors said. BNC

And one of the first foods grand-daughter Lisa gave her baby were Farley's Rusks mixed up with a little baby milk. BNC

Four tons of baby milk supplied by Cow and Gate were last night being loaded on board a replacement truck loaned by Transmore Van Hire. BNC

mléčný zub

Visited kids who placed their last baby tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy. WebC

As the adult tooth is coming into the mouth, the root of the baby tooth is getting shorter. WebC

After a few weeks you should notice that the baby tooth is getting looser and it should fall out. WebC

kluci jsou kluci (pro chování, které bývá považováno za typicky mužské)

However, boys will be boys and they enjoyed the fresh air and the sport of fishing... BNC

Boys will be boys and in spite of warnings at least one fatal accident occurred involving local lads, and several were injured. BNC

Isabelle shrugs amiably as though to say `boys will be boys' and shoots Perry up easily in the top of his hand. BNC