nulová šance, prakticky žádná naděje

He said he'd give me a job if I passed my exam with a grade A. A fat chance I have of that! Oxford Idioms

Fat chance of us running into any crumpet out here! BNC

Right now, though, these fine sentiments have got a fat chance of being put into practice where I'm standing, boiling the milk for yet more midnight cocoa: with a baby of six weeks in the family, the philosophy of parental detachment is a far cry from reality. BNC

zčervenat jako pivoňka

I could feel myself going as red as a beetroot when she told me that my work had been chosen for the prize. (Oxford Idioms)

neplivej do studánky, ze které ses napil

When you say such nasty things about the organization, you're bitng the hand that feeds you. (Oxford Idioms)

(fondue) vidličky

(speciální vidličky používané pro fondue)

absťák; přestat fetovat; otevřená, nepřikrášlená věc, neomalenost

The worst time was when he was going cold turkey. (Oxford Idioms)

být v tom až po krk, být v nesnázích, být v rozpacích

She was getting into deep water when she tried to argue that murder is sometimes justified fo political reasons. (Oxford Idioms)

má to svoje mouchy

"Is it an interesting book?" "A bit like the curate's egg, good in parts. The dialogue's often quite amusing. (Oxford Idioms)

jako nebe a dudy, jako noc a den

It's hard to imagine that Mark and John are brothers--they're like chalk and cheese. (Oxford Idioms)

držet se máminy sukně, být pod pantoflem

The British prime minister is too apt to cling to Washington's apron strings. (Oxford Dictionary)

k ničemu, houby to pomůže

A fat lot of use that would be! What a stupid idea. Oxford Idioms

The only thing he could think of was he was a good swimmer--and a fat lot of good that was to him. BNC

Frederick Bissett was a member of the Institute of Professional Scientists, and a fat lot of good that did him. BNC

na horním/dolním konci stolu, na čestnějším/méně čestném konci stolu

But the reader is mistaken if he assumes that the humble eat below the salt in that great hall, or that the poor come to the buttery-hatch for alms. BNC

After the war I vowed I would never wear a white tie again, and never have, I dislike it so much; so, having been informed that most of those below the salt would be wearing black ties anyway, I put on my Kennedy tartan smoking jacket with green velvet facings which I had recently had made and of which I was sure that Sir Walter, who often wore a plaid, would have approved. BNC

Although it is doubtful that throughout the middle ages masters and servants ate at the same table, above and below the salt, as the Victorians supposed, the Gothic hall, entered directly from the outside world and accommodating every social rank, symbolized their ideal of social integration. BNC

chuť, na kterou si člověk musí zvyknout

Beer is an acquired taste. Longman Dictionary of English Idioms 

It is an acquired taste for sensitive palates but a lot of hungry people are only too happy to tuck in. BNC

Discovering grappa Italy's fiery brandy is an acquired taste By Geoff Last Grappa is the sort of drink that people generally love or hate. WebCorp

hospoda, hostinec, pivnice

As such, they had a duty to enter each ale-house on a Saturday night as well as to ensure that Sunday was treated by townsfolk with due sobriety. BNC

Also that year trouble came to Mr Nicholas Foote for being "… a common ale-house haunter". BNC 

He saw de Craon sitting in that dirty, miserable ale-house. BNC

množství něčeho, počet něčeho

There was any amount of food and drink at the party. Oxford Idioms

 A computer can store a vast amount of information. Macmillan Dictionary

This brings the total number of children to 12. Macmillan Dictionary

něčí drahoušek, zlatíčko

He was the apple of her eye, the salt of her earth, the source of her strength--her everything. BNC

Peter is the apple of his mother's eye. Longman Dictionary of English Idioms

But anyway, saying to Father that you, who are the apple of his eye, and in whom he considers he's bred a lady, telling him that you hope to marry one of the Feltons, the quay Feltons. BNC

dokonalý, vzorný pořádek; jako v klícce

Becky turned out to be as good as her word, keeping the accounts in what she described as `;apple-pie order'; and even opening a set of books for Trumper's barrow. BNC

kukuřičný chléb

Arkansas wedding cake n: cornbread WebCorp

studený jako psí čumák

Works was informed by NATO/US sources that no signs of heat were detected by the satellites. Works was told that Trepcha was as "cold as a cucumber". NATO never released this information to the public. WebCorp

mastný jako máslo

They need grooming, I know, but they're fat as butter. BNC

kulatý jako svět

pozvat někoho na večeři

It was during the second week that Carol asked him to dinner at her parents' place. BNC

velmi rychle, velikou rychlostí

He came round the corner on his bicycle at full lick and knocked the old woman over. Longman Dictionary of English Idioms

A relatively short day today thanks to making sudden contact with a flat section of ice at full lick and subsequently feeling as if I had just spent 2 hours on a roller coaster. WebCorp

Breaking free, the dog charged around him at full lick, yapping in an unnaturally high pitched yelp. WebCorp

jemný vtip

špatný člověk, lump, neřád

He's a bad egg - don't believe anything he says. (Free Dictionary)

Emily is a real bad egg -- she's always starting fights and causing trouble. (Google)

That Saddam is a bad egg! (Urban Dictionary)

kostroun, člověk kost a kůže

She refused to eat until eventually she was a bag of bones. (Oxford Dictionary)

13

Mrs. Joe has been out a dozen times, looking for you, Pip. And she’s out now, making it a baker’s dozen. Longman

A regular dozen is twelve, but a baker's dozen is 13. WebCorp

čokoládová tyčinka

At tea breaks and lunchtime I never saw him eat more than a bar of chocolate or a biscuit. BNC

mít něčeho po krk

I'm sure you've heard it thousands of times before but I am fed up with the way I look. BNC

I’m fed up with this job. Macmillan Dictionary

být opilý

The RUC sergeant went forward and arrested the man, who turned out to be the bank security guard who was rather the worse for drink, and had forgotten to lock the door! BNC

nebýt tak nezkušený jak člověk vypadá

When he bought the house everybody thought he was wasting his money. But he’s not as green as cabbage looking —the part of the town is now very fashionable, and his house is worth far more than he paid for it. Longman

Don’t believe him, he’s not as green as he’s cabbage-looking. WebCorp

The big 40! The big four zero. The big, fuck me I'm probably over half way through my life so should start to prepare to die. The age people start to consider their mortality. I'll have to start trying to get 8 hours sleep every day, and make more of an effort to act my age. I'll have to start using sayings such as, "I'm not as green as I am cabbage looking". WebCorp

pít, holdovat alkoholu

Aye, she says I'm feeling sick, well that's er all your if your head is what you call it when you feel awful, you know I say if you've been on the, on the drink you know when you get up and your head ooh, well that sets your stomach off, so his trouble's coming from his head, on his stomach. BNC 

stát za něco

Any politician worth their salt will keep their campaign promises. Macmillan Dictionary

"A hairdresser's not worth his salt if he's not prepared to give a consultation," he said. BNC

And any dog worth his salt would bite open a handbag to get to the chocolate?"BNC

přinést ovoce

The tirless effort of campaigners have finally borne fruit and the prisoners are due to be released tomorrow. (Oxford Idioms)

to nejlepší co existuje

My father doesn't like him very much, but my mother thinks he's the best thing since sliced bread. (Oxford Idioms)

pohlavár, významná osobnost

His father's a big cheese in the textile industry. (Oxford Idioms)

ještě jedna šance

We've lost that contract with the German firm and we probably won't get another bite at the cherry. Oxford Idioms

It’s not often you get a second bite at the cherry. Macmillan Dictionary

ukousnout si příliš velké sousto

He's promised to get all this work finished by the weekend but I've got the feeling he's bitten off more than he can chew. (Oxford Idioms)

kousnout do kyselého jablka

Getting your car repaired is often an expensive business, but all you can do is bite the bullet and pay up. Oxford Idioms

We’ll just have to bite the bullet and get on with it. Macmillan Dictionary

zajít, zemřít, natáhnout bačkory; ležet v prachu, utrpět porážku

Thousands of small businesses bite the dust every year. (Oxford Idioms)

kousat si nehty

She began to bite her nails, chewing at them viciously until the blood welled up. BNC

kousat se do rtu, zatnout zuby

You could tell she thought the criticism was unfair but she bit her lip and said nothing. (Oxford Idioms)

držet jazyk za zuby

I didn't believe her explanation but I bit my tongue. (Oxford Idioms)

podvedený podvodník; Kdo jinému jámu kopá, sám do ní padá.

It was a case of the biter bit--she'd tried to make him look foolish and ended up being ridiculed herself. (Oxford Idioms)

různé drobnosti, zbytky

The box contained needles and thread and various bits and bobs for sewing. (Oxford Idioms)

hořký konec

Now that we have begun this project, we must see through to the bitter end. (Oxford Idioms)

spolknout hořkou pilulku

He was a proud man, so having to ask for money must have been a bitter pill to swallow. (Oxford Idioms) 

opilý do němoty, opilý na mol

I'm not surprised he can't remember what happened--he was blind drunk! (Oxford Idioms)

krev není voda

Tony was angry with his brother for a while, but blood is thicker than water, and in the end he forgave him. (Oxford Idioms)

být kam vítr tam plášť

She keeps blowing hot and cold about the job: one day she says it's marvelous, the next she hates it. (Oxford Idioms)

plísňový sýr

COOK'S NOTE: The easiest way to crumble any blue cheese is to stroke it with a fork until crumbled. BNC

Add the crumbled Shropshire blue cheese to the dip, then season to taste with salt and pepper. BNC

Blue cheese lovers will welcome a new French blue cheese from the Pays de Bresse in eastern France. BNC

vyvařit (se)

I boiled the cauldron till the water boiled away. (English Idioms and how to use them)

scvrknout se (na pouhý)

Their evidence boiled down to this... (English Idioms and how to use them)

překypět, utéct (při vaření)

If you put on more fire the pot will boil over. (English Idioms and how to use them)

navařovati se, vzkypět

"But in the last couple of months we've seen things suddenly boil up --violent attacks, cars damaged, that sort of thing, along with loads of abuse." BNC

What I think was true was that the Falklands was not regarded as a front-line issue for some period of time, and indeed the forecast was that it wouldn't really boil up again until August or thereabouts in 1982. BNC

Then you can boil up the carcass for a turkey soup or stock. BNC

paraořech

Sweetcorn, chickpeas or maples may well be the going bait and it could then be an advantage to fish a couple of very large jumbo tiger nuts of half a brazil nut over the top of the baited area. BNC

Another help is selenium, a vital trace element: one brazil nut will provide your daily needs. BNC

But the Brazil nut is a seed with a thick wall, the walnut a drupe, a stony-seeded fruit. BNC

obživa

He's written one or two novels but journalism is his bread and butter. (Oxford Idioms)

chléb se sýrem

idiomatic expression

Of course, if you squeeze yourself and your mates into a "compact" studio and live on bread and cheese, you can live more cheaply in France than in a Swiss hotel. BNC

How did the annexe people get their bread and cheese? BNC

chléb a mléko

idiomatic expression

Then we sussed out that bread and milk were delivered to the local restaurants really early. BNC

So we'd wait up all night, follow the delivery van around and survive on the bread and milk we could swipe. BNC

But they also take scraps thrown out for birds, together with the bread and milk put out for them by well-meaning animal lovers. BNC

mateřské mléko

It is at Labour conferences that you get the sweet nuttiness of Baby Milk Action, which proclaims, "Breast Milk: a World Resource," and tells you, as a fact, that it would take 114 million lactating cows to replace the milk of the women of India. BNC

Her organisation is preparing a complaint about a Boots advertisement for Ostermilk featuring a bra with two Ostermilk tins inside, which claims: "Any closer to breast milk and we would have to change the packaging." BNC

A mother supplies her baby with the purest of all food, i.e. her breast milk. BNC

uspět

My boss told me that if I brought home the bacon on the new contract I would be given more wages. Longman Dictionary

Rumour had it that, particularly towards the end of the financial year when sales targets were a few thousand off and hopes of bonuses were beginning to fade, the sound of the office globe could be heard spinning as anxious sales staff searched the world for the magic market that would bring home the bacon.  BNC

Congresswoman Smith, I explained to students, is a first term member in the majority party facing a tough reelection race. As such, she needs to "bring home the bacon" to her district, but she hasn't yet been through the budget process and needs some ideas about how to authorize and fund a district project. WebCorp

spálit na uhel

Alan left the potatoes for so long that they were burnt to a crisp. (Oxford Idioms)

chodit pozdě spát, pracovat dlouho do noci

Because of this insider's knowledge, I chose to record my fieldnotes surreptitiously and with much burning of the midnight oil. BNC

He burned, too much, the midnight oil. BNC

I have burned the midnight oil scanning the arid wastes of computer programming manuals, but at last a publisher has come up with a series of inexpensive, factually sound but palatable titles which aim to introduce the beginner to the fun that can be had with calculators, computers and cassette recorders. BNC

mazat med kolem úst, lichotit

According to the Office of Fair Trading, there's evidence that some building societies choose firms that bring them mortgage business in return, so your estate agent may be tempted to steer you towards a building society that he needs to butter up. BNC

Perhaps he was trying to butter up America and Britain, because the United Nations Security Council will soon be discussing tighter sanctions against Libya unless he hands over the people who are believed to have blown up an American airliner over Scotland in 1988. BNC

The Bank has to butter up both investors and intermediaries because it is in a fiercely competitive international market. BNC

vypadá, jakoby neuměl do pěti počítat

She looks as if butter woudn't melt in her mouth, but don't be fooled by first impressions! (Oxford Idioms)

máselnice

"The lover in the butter-churn?" said Angel Clare, looking up from his newspaper. BNC

nešika

"Well, I suppose when they'd finished saying bugger and blast and damn and kicking butter-fingers in the head they might get round to saying that," said Lydia. BNC

tučnost

Holstein yields are up to 1,000kg higher than those of Friesian types in Britain and the butterfat content is now similar. BNC

karamel(svaří se máslo a cukr)

vyžírka

veselost, radost; veselý život, radost ze života;veselka

So supposing you never marry, and if you go on being so fussy you probably never will -- are there to be no cakes and ale? BNC

nemoci mít obě věci najednou

If you spend all your money on clothes, you won’t be able to go the cinema at the weekend—you can’t have your cake and eat it ! (Longman)

cukr a bič

She favoured a carrot-and-stick approach to teaching. (Oxford Idioms)

zabalit to, sbalit si svých pět švestek; natáhnout bačkory

The companies cashed in their chips and moved out of the valley. (Oxford Idioms)

hořet netrpělivostí

The players were champing at the bit as the start of the match was delayed. (Oxford Idioms)

sýrové tyčinky

"I'm going to make some cheese straws," she said, "and maybe fry some onion rings" BNC

Then when he was entertaining one of his friends he couldn't get his stove to burn right and he had to keep it alight with matchboxes and cheese straws. BNC

Nenna had just time to say, I must be going, before she came back, tottering at a kind of dignified slant, and holding a large tin of cheese straws. BNC

tvarohový koláč; slang. reklamní fotografie polonahých dívek

White stilton with stem ginger, at about £2.60 a pound, is ideal for dessert or cheese cake filling, while white cheddar with mango chutney, at about £2.55 a pound, makes tangy sandwiches. BNC

I've still got these cheese cake to finish off, wash your hands. BNC

drátěný kráječ sýra

Beyond him was the blank, windowless side of the house, smooth and flat, as if the row of houses had been sliced with a cheese-cutter. BNC

kůra od sýra; maličkost, nicotnost; skrblictví

Any cheese-paring of the logistic stocks reduces battle efficiency, and failure to look after barracks, married quarters, and installations in the short term piles up trouble and expensive rebuilding for the future. BNC

It was not until ten years later that we began to see that in fact these very English store-cupboard provisions, so far from being suited to the cheese-paring methods necessitated by desperate shortages, demand first-class basic ingredients and a liberal hand with butter. BNC

This is cheese-paring, I know, but it might help. BNC

servírovací prkénko na sýr

Heart-shaped cheeses are also produced which are very attractive on a cheese-board: Coeur de Neufchatel and Coeur de Bray are two of the best known, both from the Pays de Bray in Normandy. BNC

Creamy in texture and blue-veined, "Blues" will be a hit on your cheese-board. BNC

Then she cooked pasta and shredded chicken and chopped fruit and nuts and sliced black bread and made beetroot soup and prepared sour cream and a cheese board and polished wine glasses and put butter in lemon-coloured dishes and made salad dressings and laid the table and set a serviette decorated with a Groucho Marx face by the side of each place. BNC

procezovací pláténko na tvaroh, fáčovina, velmi jemná látka

Shoulder-length blond hair, embroidered cheese-cloth shirt, single strand of beads -- I mean, beads but tasteful -- a sensual hint of hash and patchouli, and midnight blue denims stretched taut then flaring over the longest, leanest bass-guitarist's thighs in Glasgow. BNC 

I'm wearing a denim waistcoat, cheesecloth shirt and baggy denim jeans, and I'm smiling fit to burst, as I always seem to be in photographs. BNC

It was so hot outside that she had settled for an orange cheesecloth caftan, which she'd jacked in with a belt of linked gold hippos. BNC

karbanátek se sýrem v housce

A proper discussion of a football match cannot occur if one of the participants is quite ignorant of the rules of the game; and the kind of assessment of a restaurant meal that would involve the possible insertion of the establishment into a good food guide (or perhaps its deletion from it) will not get very far if one of the diners does not care for the meal because his idea of a gastronomic treat is a cheeseburger and french fries (though within the order of the burger discriminations are possible). BNC

It's 4.30 on a Friday afternoon and she's ordering a cheeseburger with mayo, ketchup and fries and a cup of tea. BNC

You know, for instance, that ordering deep-fried breaded mozzarella bites in an Italian restaurant will mean plenty of cholesterol, saturated fat and calories, and that a hefty cheeseburger on a sesame bun is rich in animal fat, protein and refined carbohydrates. BNC

otrávený, nakrknutý

In 1988, customers, so cheesed off with the Line's service, staged the famous so-called "battle of Finchley Central," occupying a train after an all-too-common announcement that it was to be diverted to Mill Hill East instead of `;speeding'; to its original destination of High Barnet. BNC

On the other hand, imagine the embarrassment of calling a full-scale search out for somebody who is not only not in peril, but is mightily cheesed off to be awoken from a deep sleep by an RAF Sea-King helicopter blowing the filling out of their sleeping-bag? BNC

Maybe he was cheesed off meeting people so far along the ridge without explanation as to their start point. BNC

propírat cizí záležitosti, drbat

Most of the older women meet to chew the fat with their neighbours every morning. Longman

And during his flying visit to Belfast, Mr Grade took time out to chew the fat about the old days. BNC

Sure like to chew the fat with you, fella, but I got a busy day on. BNC

malá hodnota, za babku, pakatel

Your rent is chicken feed in comparison with mine. (Longman)

The boys' antics are mere chicken feed to the Dynasty company, whose security chief Keith Heading (a glowering John Diehl) has a far bigger fraud on the boil involving stolen cards, dead colleagues and warehouses full of gleaming Porsches. BNC

And the hours I spent with the airbrush… ah, five hundred roubles was chicken feed for the work I put in. BNC

komplikovaná situace, kdy není jasné, co je příčina a co důsledek

Is she unhappy because she gets into debt, or does she get into dept because she's unhappy? I suppose it's chicken-and-egg situation. (Oxford Idioms)

nic nezůstane bez trestu, špatné skutky se jednou vymstí

For years he avoided paying tax. But now his chickens have come home to roost and he's got a tax bill of 25 000 pounds. (Oxford Idioms)

čokoládový vojáček, kterému se nechce bojovat

A young man in an Acker Bilk ensemble lurked in the doorway and a girl in a red satin skirt and a chocolate soldier cap twirled a baton and stamped her feet. BNC

The diminutive midfield player Archie Gemmill once called him "the chocolate soldier," adding with barbed wit, "if Souness was chocolate he'd eat himself." BNC

kýčovitý

Has the chocolate-box portrait of Raine, Countess Spencer, resplendent with lacquered back-combed hair and bare shoulders -- the picture that rubbed shoulders so anachronistically with Van Dycks and Gainsboroughs -- been removed from the staircase? BNC 

 Lucinda was pretty, Vi acknowledged -- chocolate-box pretty. BNC

From chocolate-box pretty Windermere to the decidedly spooky atmosphere at Wastwater there is water, water everywhere. BNC

mlsná huba, mlsná koza

He was a bit bird-like, a picky eater (especially when he was paying), fast in his movements and very thin in the sort of way that brings out the motherly best in women. BNC

However, if your baby is a picky eater and you're worried about her getting enough iron, there's still no need to change to follow-on milk. BNC

vývar

Choose simple starters such as chilled fruit juice, melon, clear soup, salads with a little olive oil dressing, or seafood dishes without sauces. BNC

Thus to make a wonderful stock base for poaching or a clear soup, water would be highly flavoured with lemon or lime juice, plus lemon grass and kaffir lime leaf. BNC

The inevitable clear soup followed (pot au feu this time); the sole was served in a delicate sauce almost imperceptibly flavoured with cheese, and the dean's daughter appreciated it so much that the Colonel's initial peevishness began to wear off. BNC

kakaové máslo

She watched Polynesians scoop up untreated cocoa butter and apply it directly to their skins and felt the smooth texture the skin consequently acquired. BNC

Cocoa butter is now an important ingredient in her skin-care products, for example. BNC

Cocoa butter, the rich fatty substance in the beans, is extracted from the ground nibs and this is the basis of the chocolate industry. BNC

zničit nečí šance, zmařit něčí plány

He thought that the police would never find him but when he saw the officer coming towards him he realized that his goose was finally cooked. (Oxford Idioms)

falšovat např. podklady, účetnictví, manipulovat s daty

The two directors of the company had been cooking the books, a local court herd yeasterday. (Oxford Idioms)

vést si znamenitě, senzačně

Business may have been a little slow at first, but now we're cooking with gas! (Oxford Idioms) 

studený jako psí čumák, studený jako ryba, naprosto klidný, klidný jako Angličan

Everyone was rushing round trying to get things ready, and he just sat there, cool as a cucumber. (Oxford Idioms)

povaleč, lenoch

He claims he had to develop such a style for his latest role, as the couch potato host of TV Hell , last month's one-night-stand featuring some of the classically bad moments of popular television. BNC

The last thing I want to do is to share a place with a couch potato. BNC

It is no good you being a couch potato and having a Dobermann, only to wonder why it seems so frustrated with its existence. BNC

smetánka, to nejlepší

Only the cream of the crop of the year's movies are nominated for an award. (Oxford Idioms) 

překonat se

I didn't cut the mustard as a hockey player. (Oxford Idioms)

umřít jako boháč, nechat po sobě majlant

co bys chtěl víc?

I’ve just bought you a beautiful new house and filled it with new furniture and now you say you want a car too. D’you want a jam on it? Longman

živobytí, chléb vezdejší

Each one of us has to earn our daily bread somehow. (Oxford Idioms)

mléčný bar, mléčná jídelna

dojnice, mléčný skot

Apart from the strain on accommodation and feed stocks, having to keep dairy cattle on instead of selling them as planned means exceeding milk quota, possibly at great cost. BNC

Selection for resistance to mastitis and good fertility at the same time as selection for milk yield and quality is proving effective in the dairy cattle population of Norway. BNC

Here's your chance to see some of the best dairy cattle in the world while taking in the sights on our coast-to-coast autumn tour of the USA. BNC

hospodářství věnující se mlékárnské výrobě

It is thought to be the largest British dairy farm to go green, and the conversion -- for deeply held environmental reasons -- is backed by sound economic logic. BNC

These 1400 Mule ewes were being moved back after dipping on D K Farms, West Wycombe, an 800ha (2000-acre) sheep and dairy farm. BNC

It's now run as a dairy farm with a herd of 16 Ayrshires -- the second-best in Staffordshire, says Derrick Golland the country's advisory teacher on environmental subjects. BNC

mléčná jídelna

mlékárenské výrobky, mléčné podukty

Elsewhere in the town other RAOC victuallers from the Ration Platoon are collecting the order for dry goods and dairy products. BNC

But the piling-up of EC surpluses of beef, dairy products and cereals could -- up to a point. BNC

The ministry confirmed high levels of dioxin in the milk following tests carried out in March, and said some of the dairy products entered the food chain but there had been no public health risk. BNC

hluboký talíř

Frankie groped around on the shelves until his fingers encountered a deep plate. BNC

Before this there was a very deep plate of vegetable soup. BNC

Turn the pudding out into a deep plate or a dish with room to hold some of the juice reserved for pouring over it. BNC

alkohol

It was the demon drink that made me act in that way. (Oxford Idioms)

dezertní talířek

We washed six place settings (one side plate, one dinner plate, one pudding bowl, one dessert plate for each setting, plus one large serving platter and three serving dishes), cutlery (eight pieces for each place setting), six champagne, red wine and white wine glasses, a roasting tin, four saucepans, four serving spoons, a carving knife and fork, six coffee cups and saucers and a cafétière, both by hand and using a Bosch SMS 6032 dishwasher to compare use of water and detergents and the end results. BNC

Dessert plate (with chocolates), £22.50, and matching jardinière (with silver sweets), £29.50; both by Paloma Picasso, from Villeroy & Boch at Liberty. BNC

Nicolo watched as Caroline spooned the last bit of tiramisu from her dessert plate. BNC

něco úplně jiného, jiná věc, to je o něčem jiném

You may be able to read French well, but speaking it fluently is a different kettle of fish entirely. (Oxford Idioms) 

večerní šaty

At the Watford Gaumont, which I managed, people would come in dinner dress and they would have the same seat every week. BNC

She was in a dinner dress, with a coat thrown over it. BNC

smoking

This has always seemed to make sense, despite the Scots' own tendency to be caught with a wardrobe of empty coat-hangers and crumpled piles, and one's fear on behalf of England is that they are running out of time in which to find a dinner jacket. BNC

In the midst of this unrelenting wave of depression, I found myself, dressed in a borrowed dinner jacket, on the M11 headed for Cambridge, where I was about to make my first (and last) appearance as an after-dinner speaker. BNC

And a third, whose immaculate dinner jacket couldn't conceal hands scarred and stained from rebuilding a Mini Cooper, wanted to become the world's first professional classic rally driver. BNC

večírek s večeří

Predictably, it shot to the top of the dinner party list of mandatory topics and was talked relentlessly into the ground on every conceivable broadcasting medium. BNC

About six months after the dinner party she realised that, for the first time in her life, she had turned down a decent journalistic commission in order to start work for a crazy old lady off Ladbroke Grove, whose garden specialised in old roses, and who was insistent about sterilising soil before new plantings. BNC

Haslam recalls a time when Sir Peter Allen, then the ICI main board director responsible for plastics, predicted at a small dinner party at the ICI guest house at Welwyn Garden City that the market price for polythene would drop from the current 4s a pound to 1s 6d a pound within six months. BNC

obvyklý čas večeře nebo oběda

As dinnertime approaches, we cheer up. BNC

The school day always began with prayers at nine o'clock, followed by a scripture lesson, and there was invariably arithmetic in some form or another until dinnertime. BNC

And I've packed you a currant teacake for a "biting on," though you should be at Dudley afore dinnertime." BNC

dřít jako vůl, snažit se jako blbec, hrozně se rozčilovat

When your father sees your damage you’ve done to his car, he’ll do his nut . (Longman Dictionary)

bručet, sedět

tvrdý boj

What makes the man turn animal on a Rugby field when off it he’s…gentle and softly spoken. Clark explains: Rugby league is a game of survival. It’s dog eat dog … (Longman)

A negative view of marketing is the "dog eat dog" view where the school can only gain by putting another school at a disadvantage or loss. BNC

For 20 years after World War Two it seemed possible that the dog eat dog "survival of the fittest" brand of free market capitalism had been supplanted by a social contract between employers and workers, with only occasional mediation by the state. BNC

nepořádek

Don't ask Julie to help you with the decorating--she made a complete dog's brekfast of painting the kitchen! (Oxford Idioms)

vypít do dna, vyčerpat

Fill swimming pool with Newcastle Brown Ale and drink dry through straws. BNC

napít se, pít zhluboka

The child of a nonconformist father learnt to drink deep of the Catholic tradition. BNC

If she wouldn't be able to drink deep it would be better not to take another sip of the heady elixir he offered her. BNC

pít jako duha

The man drinks like a fish . He is drunk every night. Longman

Then he started to pull himself together, returned to Hollywood and stayed sober--except for Sundays, when he would lock himself away and drink like a fish. BNC

He could drink like a fish and I couldn't understand his coarse speech. BNC

napít se dosyta, uhasit žízeň

opít někoho do němoty

When you've drunk the crew of a Grinch pirate skiff under the table, there's precious little you can't do. BNC

pít léčivou vodu, léčit se v lázních

The fashion for spas has died out in Britain, but in Germany and Italy there are still spas where people gather to drink the waters and undergo hydrotherapies. BNC

To drink the waters of Undry would heal any hurt, still any grief, and bring understanding of every mystery that weighs on humankind. BNC

připít na zdraví

Let's drink to his health and finish the bowl. BNC 

pitná voda

These people get their bath water from the river and their drinking water from a large well outside the town. (English Idioms and how to use them)

dohnat někoho k pití alkoholu

While making Mutiny on the Bounty in Tahiti, the megrims of working with Marlon Brando drove him to drink more than usual. BNC

nasypat vrabci sůl na ocásek

utéci od čeho, pustit co jako by to pálilo

In these conditions, the type of homosexuality that is mediated through pop music can only go just so far: in a perfect paradigm, Frankie Goes to Hollywood exploited the gay image of lead singers Paul Rutherford and Holly Johnson -- for "Relax" -- and then dropped it like a hot potato as soon as another marketing device -- this time, nuclear war became available for "Two Tribes". BNC

Charging pensioners and children for medical prescriptions picked that one up and dropped it like a hot potato and charging for hospital treatment and why so why not do a U-turn on on this one? BNC

opilý namol

I couldn’t understand what the man was saying; he was as drunk as a lord . Longman

And Finnegan spendin' what little money he has on drink, rollin' home at all hours of the night from the pubs in the village, drunk as a lord. BNC

When I came round they gave me a large tot of whisky, another injection of morphia and sent me off to Imtarfa, as drunk as a lord. BNC

opilý nebo střízlivý

adjectives in idiomatic order

But drunk or sober, he was always careful. BNC

Most people didn't try wit or persuasion on her, drunk or sober. BNC

opilecká hádka, rvačka

The last Advice I shall give you, relates to your Behaviour when you are going to be hanged; which, either for robbing your Master, for House-breaking, or going upon the High-way, or in a drunken Quarrel, by killing the first Man you meet, may very probably be your Lot… BNC

vyjíst někoho, přivést na mizinu, zruinovat

In those times, a poet could descend on you with all his retinue and eat you out of house and home. BNC

Then in a matter of days, or even one day, are they not up and about again eating us out of house and home? BNC

"You must eat your wife out of house and home," commented Duncan. BNC

jíst čí chléb, být koho hostem

musit spolknout hořkou pilulku

plazit se v prachu, ponížit se, pokořit se

kát se, lézt ke křížku, omluvit se (pokorně), podrobit se (pokorně), pokořit se, uznat chybu (pokorně)

Come and take potluck eat humble pie whatever. BNC

Of course John, her husband, told Elizabeth that Ivy had been right about the fuse-boxes: they just hadn't come to her notice, so she had to eat humble pie. BNC

Eat humble pie and get used to it mate. BNC 

korodovat, rezavět, rozežrat

Rust eats into iron. (English Idioms and how to use them)

užírat se

It was over, he was unhurt, and it hadn't cost him a penny apart from the few pence in his pocket -- and as the kidnapping wasn't what was eating his heart out he knew he couldn't pretend it was. BNC

odvolat vlastní slova, lézt ke křížku

Mr Cook may prefer silence to eating his words. BNC

Launching himself form the top of a massive 300 foot crane, Nigel plunged towards the ground at high speed with only a bungee (a strong rope made of rubber encased by a purpose-designed braiding) stopping him from eating his words. BNC

zobat někomu z ruky

Thought he'd got me weighed up -- eating out of his hand. BNC

"He's got young black America eating out of his hand, because every night he takes their culture, and shoves it in mainstream America's face." BNC

The senior man, who had come in from Los Angeles to E.B.I.H.Q. after Erlich had left Washington, he'd be everybody's friend, he'd have them eating out of his hand down at Counter-Terrorism, he'd probably take out citizenship. BNC

líznout si hole, přičichnout k holi, dostat výprask

stavět si vzdušné zámky

cítit se na to

pohltit, sníst, vyjíst (zcela), zničit

The larger the capital sunk in the modern factory, the more urgent is it that there should be no stoppage of work; for, when work stops, interest is eaten up. (English Idioms and how to use them) BNC

The world wants to know if Britain can adjust to the facts of life or will allow old fears, old habits, old prejudices, old prides to weigh down its vitality and eat up its resources. BNC

Nibbling on dried fruit may quickly eat up your calorie allowance -- just 25g (1oz) of sultanas or raisins provides 70 calories, whereas 100g (4oz) grapes provides the same. BNC

ponoukat, popichovat (někoho)

What or who egged you on to fight with a professional boxer. (English Idioms and how to use them)

zbytečně moc věcí

He has gone away for a short holiday, but he took everything with him but the kitchen sink. Longman

večeře na rozloučenou

After returning to Going, we arrange a meeting point for the group for a farewell dinner, and even a small gift! BNC

Several senior broadcasters, including Sir David Attenborough, Sir Paul Fox and former BBC managing director Bill Cotton, have indicated they might not attend a farewell dinner tomorrow for former director-general Sir Michael Checkland because of the row. BNC

There's a weekly farewell dinner and you can expect a welcoming drink on arrival. BNC

živit se čím, pást se na čem

His dog feeds on mutton bones. (English Idioms and how to use them)

krmit čím, plnit čím

Feed with a liquid fertiliser -- at this time of year quick results are needed, which granular or slow-release fertilisers may not provide. BNC

If she has a dry mouth condition offer her a wet feed with the bit in position to teach her to move it about better. BNC

The cells are filled only by developing young which the workers feed with pellets of chewed-up caterpillars or other bits of flesh. BNC

pěkná kaše, pěkné nadělení, pěkný nepořádek, pořádný zmatek

That'll be a fine kettle of fish and no mistake. BNC

Then, as if to herself: "This is a fine kettle of fish, a fine to-do I don't know." BNC 

dojíst oběd

Having finished his dinner the candidate retired to the spick and span little room no bigger than a cubbyhole they had placed at his disposal and, when he had put his thoughts and his speeches in good order, stepped out for a breath of air, a short stroll which led him -- as he had known it would -- to the newly painted door of Odette Adeane. BNC

veškeré ryby

collective phrase

The declared results remind us more readily of the spoiled world of Genesis 3 than those of Genesis 1 or 2: "The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the air, upon everything that creeps on the ground, and all fish of the sea" (9.2). BNC

This would be mildly surprising given that the primary emphasis of both the Old and New Testaments is of man's "dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth" ( Gen. 1 v. 26). BNC

At last he said to himself, "Even the birds of the air and the fish of the sea have a better life than I, for at least they have companions." BNC 

dát se do toho, jak se patří, anebo toho nechat

There's been enough discussion. It's time for the government to fish or cut bait. (Oxford Dictionary)

ryba na suchu

He waited to be instructed what else a Rifleman could do to be less like a fish out of water in a battalion of Grenadiers. BNC

The soft sound of voiding filled the air as he rolled over in agony like a fish out of water. BNC

Alyssia watched from the sidelines, feeling like a fish out of water, watching Piers from under her lashes. BNC

mělký talíř

Prevent this by storing raw meat on the bottom shelf of the fridge in a dish with a rim rather than on a flat plate. BNC

It's positioned under the usual plates, (with flat plate uppermost) and the outflow from the tank hits the rotating bar, sending a spray of oxygenated water all over the media. BNC

Something like a flat plate with a spoon on the front sculled slowly past. BNC

nádoba/kotlík na fondue

(kotlík se speciálním podstavcem, kde hoří ohýnek udržující olej/sýr/čokoládu teplou)

potravinový lístek

zakázané ovoce

Adam lost his spiritual purity through eating the forbidden fruit, so God gave him the opportunity to reinstate himself partially through immersion in the original water which came from Eden. BNC

Mick stared hungrily at her breasts: small, pale, and tight, like under-ripe fruit… he thought of Amanda… forbidden fruit. BNC

Thus they assumed all the glamour and promise that forbidden fruit always holds. BNC

vajíčka od slepic z volného výběhu

A perfect way to serve them is in a tart of shortcrust pastry, mixed with three or four free-range eggs and plenty of sugar, and baked for half an hour or so in a medium-hot oven. BNC

The whole notion of quality food production is an interesting one; most British food, however it is produced, is of good quality, but the discussion was really about supplying minority, specialist middle-class markets with farm-smoked ham, semi-organic milling wheat, free-range eggs, and so on. BNC

There is a growing premium market for free-range eggs and table birds which can provide a profitable enterprise for an expert small-scale poultry man. BNC

biskupský chlebíček,ovocný koláč 

My list may include a tomato, a buttered roll, a chunk of moist cheese, a slice of fruit cake, and an orange. BNC

A lunch break would give him his chance, forcing him to make a decision whether or not to delay his own sustenance in order to overtake us as we crammed fruit cake into our faces. BNC

I enjoyed bread and butter, little flat pancakes and a nice light fruit cake. BNC

plod (např. páce)

It is at the conferences of Labour, the party that killed the grammar schools, that you see one fruit of that enlightened policy, which is that many of the younger delegates are incoherently illiterate. BNC

Whether or not the biographer was right, it is true that once you can exclaim "Abba, Father!" joy is the accompanying fruit of the Spirit and it sheds its radiance over life and death. BNC

He gives them now the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. BNC

úplně plný, plný až po okraj

v nejlepší náladě, bujný

Ray is cetainly full of beans again after his illness. (Oxford Idioms)

mít trému, nervózní chvění

I always get butterflies (in my stomach) before an interview. (Oxford Idioms)

vzít do vlastních rukou

Once he gets the bit between his teeth in an argument, no one can stop him. (Oxford Idioms)

zbláznit se, zcvoknout

If I'm late again my Dad'll go bananas. (Oxford Idioms)

nezralý sýr

lívanec, vdolek

lepší něco než nic

They're only going to agree to some of this, but half a loaf is better than none, I suppose. (Oxford Idioms)

smůla, pech

I've made my decision--I'm going to the sell the car, and if he doesn't agree with that then it's hard cheese. (Oxford Idioms)

tvrdý oříšek

Manchester United will be a tough nut to crack. Macmillan Dictionary

mít zaděláno=být těhotná

When baking a cake, manufacturers of cake-mixes were told, women were acting out symbolically the birth of a child (not for nothing was the vulgar phrase for pregnancy a "bun in the oven").  BNC

"And as my disgusting stepfather walked out two and a half years ago," pointed out Perdita, "the Committee are going to think it pretty odd that Mum's got a bun in the oven." BNC

Called me frigid and said all the other chaps' girls were willing enough, and would it matter all that much if he put a bun in the oven for me? BNC 

nabrat si toho moc, mít plné ruce práce

I can't help you next week, I've got too much on my plate. (Oxford Idioms)

mít něčeho nebo někoho plné zuby

I've had a bellyful of his complaints. If he doesn't stop, I'm leaving. (Oxford Idioms)

podat si někoho

The union leader eats managers for breakfast. (Oxford Idioms)

mrknout se na

Come over here and have a butcher's at this! (Oxford Idioms)

velký jedlík

I'm still a big eater but now I choose all the healthy options, says Odette. BNC

The food was excellent and I was not charged much because the cooking was done on quite a large scale--I was not a big eater so my lunch did not make much difference to the running of the place. BNC

nestát za nic, nestát za zlámanou grešli, nestát za nic

He is so rich that as far as he's concerned, the money he lost doesn't amount to a hill of beans. (Oxford Idioms) 

na rtech med, v srdci led

nejsem z cukru

on(a) tě neukousne

You should tell your teacher that you don't understand--she won't bite you. (Oxford Idioms)

třešnička na dortu

The meal was perfect, the wonderful view from the restaurant the icing on the cake. (Oxford Idioms)

nemá smysl plakat nad rozlitým mlékem

His decision to resign was disappointing, but it's no use crying over spilt milk. We need to concentrate on finding someone to replace him. (Oxford Idioms)

dupnout na brzdy

The car skidded as he jamed on the breakes. (Oxford Idioms)

ujistit se, že započaté dílo pokračuje jak má a podpořit ho

The company had started the work with the money they had obtained privately but the government lent them some more to keep the pot boiling . (Longman)

I mean, what we're trying to do in the visual arts is to spend what limited money we have to produce a better situation for the visual artist and for the public who gets pleasure and enlightenment from visual arts than exists at the moment, so rather than just prop up the status quo, which is what is would be very easy to do if one just kept the pot boiling so to speak by giving a few grants to artists here and sitting at the centre of a spider's web in Tunbridge Wells waiting for applications to come in to us and then responding. BNC

After all, any launch of any new car is always kept hush hush to keep the kettle boiling and maintain peoples interest. WebCorp

vyznat se v tlačenici, vědět jak na to

I'm sure Ray will make a special effort to please the new supervisor--after all, he knows which side his bread is buttered. (Oxford Idioms) 

země oplývající mlékem a strdím

She had always longed to travel to the United States and to see what she imagined as the land of milk and honey. (Oxford Idioms)

Skotsko

And I would like to make another quote if I may, he was the one that talked about Scotland being the land of cakes, and brother Scots, where the women made the cakes but he's only addressing the brother Scots. BNC

dort s krémem, též přeneseně 

Miss Pinkney's was a chocolate layer cake with cherries, angelica leaves, and pink sugar roses on it. BNC

For a party, a layer cake can be iced and decorated to fit the occasion, or according to your political persuasion. BNC

In place of the "layer cake" of eight allied army corps lined up along what used to be West Germany's eastern border, there will be maybe half as many. BNC

v cuku letu

jako po másle

It went through the metal door like a knife through butter. (Oxford Idioms) 

snadné jako facka

What do you mean you can't do it? It'll be like shooting fish in a barrel! (Oxford Idioms)

snadné jako facka

I thought it was going to be difficult to get funding for the project, but in the end it was like taking candy from a baby. (Oxford Idioms)

šťastný jako blecha

Ever since she won that prize, she's been like a cat that ate the cream. (Oford Idioms)

snílci

The people who live in this small rich country are lotus eaters —they think only of amusing themselves and have no interest in the problems of the rest of the world. (Longman)

hodina na oběd, přestávka na oběd

I returned the folders to Mellowes during the lunch hour with a note explaining that union instructions prevented my undertaking the work. BNC

Walk for fifteen minutes each lunch hour. BNC

The lunch hour is like a time warp--give or take a few price increases. BNC

poukázka na oběd, stravenka

I believe the luncheon voucher approach is misguided. BNC

The Luncheon Voucher trophy goes to Mrs Cynthia Payne for the card she has sent to, among others, Jean Rook, the First Lady of Fleet Street. BNC

The Luncheon Voucher trophy goes to Mrs Cynthia Payne for the card she has sent to, among others, Jean Rook, the First Lady of Fleet Street. BNC

dělat z komára velblouda, zbytečně dlouho mluvit o nějaké nepříliš významné události

I know what I’ve done is wrong but there’s no need to make a meal out of it . (Longman)

After all, they've had their say years ago and made a meal of it: undeclared top-roping, hold chipping, secret rests, etc. BNC

Nobody could deny Mr Gummer this small triumph, but he might make more friends if he didn't always insist on making such a meal of it. BNC

přivést čí krev do varu

Seeing him beating that little dog made my blood boil. (Oxford Idioms)

grunt, to nejdůležitější, to hlavní, základ

Satanic and necrophiliac obsessions, the meat and potatoes of death-metal, don't so much take a back seat as miss the bus altogether thankfully. BNC

jádro

As all the meat of a nut is packed into the shell, so the whole pith of the Swami's lecture against us is compressed into the handbill above mentioned. WebCorp 

An old method of hiding scratches is to rub the meat of a nut, like a pecan or walnut, over the scratch. WebCorp

To look to such earthly ordinances now in view of Christ's historic appearance and work is to look for the meat of a nut in an empty shell. WebCorp

rozpuštěné máslo

Drape four or five squares of filo, each in a slightly different position, over each ramekin, brushing layers with melted butter. BNC

Layer two sheets of filo, brushing each with melted butter. BNC

Brush with more melted butter and sprinkle with sesame seeds. BNC

mlékárenský vůz

At the gatehouse the milk float arrives with the daily delivery and Tim Tyier, the milkman who has served the Centre for many years, starts his rounds. BNC

Yesterday, French farmers were joined by others from Spain, Belgium and Germany marching through Strasbourg behind a milk float loaded with vegetables, milk and wine to a football stadium rally. BNC

The aggressive promotion of milk sales by the supermarket giants such as Sainsbury, Tesco, Asda and Safeway, has already rocked the milk float, traditionally the most profitable side of the business for both farmers and dairy groups. BNC 

vrozená lidská dobrota

There's not much of the milk of the human kindness in him. I've never known such a hard man. (Oxford Idioms)

mléčné zuby

In contrast, we evolved a system with a single tooth replacement, of milk teeth by adult teeth. BNC

Needham examined the IQ of children and the quantity of lead found in their (shed) milk teeth. BNC

Peter Harvey and colleagues at the University of Birmingham analysed blood lead from pre-school children in Birmingham, and Marjorie Smith of the Institute of Child Health studied lead levels in milk teeth shed by London children. BNC

mámit tele z jalové krávy

Gazing down from his plinth in Lichfield, you could almost hear Dr Johnson muttering: "Socialism, Sir, is a cow, which will yield such people no more milk--and so they are gone to milk the bull". BNC

konev na mléko

She was succeeded as US champion by Liselotte Neumann, the Swede from a club in Finspang where people put their green fee into a milk churn and just go out and play. BNC

She had shuffled forward several places when two soldiers entered carrying a metal milk churn. BNC

So if you cannot decide what the icon that looks like a milk churn with an overgrown mushroom beside it means you can select it and discover that it means Paste Clipboard contents--oh perhaps it is supposed to be a drawing pin besides a board but you could have fooled me! BNC

někoho úplně vysát

It was only later that we found out he'd milked his grandmother dry of all her money before she died. (Oxford Idioms)

mleté maso

Stir some into the stuffing for turkey or game birds, or mix with minced meat when making pâté. BNC

The block is a machined die, electrically heated to 150 degrees centigrade, so that, by the time the glass fibre emerges rather like minced meat from the kitchen grinder, it has already adopted the appearance of the final product. BNC

Before the late 1600s, the Christmas pudding was a thick plum soup served at the beginning of the meal, filled with minced meat and dried fruit. BNC

ani takový ani takový, ani jedno ani druhé

…as the years go by immigrants…will become more used to British dress and less familiar with their own fashions, which will be a sad thing, for it could result in a sort of anglicised form of ethnic dress which is neither fish nor fowl . The Guardian

The hovercraft has always suffered from the fact that it is neither fish nor fowl. BNC

He'll fit in nowhere-he'll be neither fish nor fowl… BNC

nic by to nezměnilo

No amount of encouragement would make him jump into the pool. (Oxford Idioms) 

(ne)mít ani vindru

How much have you saved? Not a bean. (Oxford Idioms)

nic pro mne, to mi nesedí, to nemám ráda

He invited me to the opera but it's not really my cup of tea. (Oxford Idioms)

neříkej hop, dokud jsi nepřeskočil

She said she was certain to be offered a part in the play, but I told her not to count her chickens, as a lot of other people wanted the same part. (Oxford Idioms)

ani za nic

potrhlý, zcvoknutý

He's as nutty as a fruitcake. Do you know what he did yesterday? He had lunch out in the garden in the pouring rain. (Oxford Idioms)

cvok, blázen

See, my old man, he was going off his nut, right. BNC

přestat vřít, ochladnout

The team were playing brilliantly at the start of the season but seem to have gone off the boil now. (Oxford Idioms)

vousatý vtip, stará anekdota, vyčichlá anekdota, obehraná písnička

"He told us about police arresting him for climbing into his own house." "Oh, no, not that old chestnut again." (Oxfrord Idioms)

starý ostřílený námořník

Old salt Sydney Barnes, 83, turned up for a naval reunion and found he was the only one there. BNC

Combining these two traits, Verity Lambert felt, would give the Doctor the essential dichotomy between the imperious master of his ship, which the Doctor thought he was, and the quirky, unpredictable old salt, which he truly was. BNC

I have visions of bosses all over the land going hot under the collar as they see yet more of their staff enjoying the antics of this old salt -- it could take over where Leisure Suit Larry left off. BNC

ve varu

Fresh discoveries kept their enthusiasm on the boil. (Oxford Idioms)

pít, chlastat

I see he's back on the bottle again. (Oxford Idioms)

brát chudinskou podporu, podporu v nezaměstnanosti

Most of the unemployed in this area are on the breadline. (Oxford Idioms)

co jednomu prospívá, jinému škodí

Some people love his music; others hate it. One man's meat is another man's poison. http://home.t-online.de/home/toni.goeller/idiom_wm/id443.htm

bez práce nejsou koláče

saying

At dinner that night we were discussing the whole affair and I said:" Oh well, you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs," which led to the classic retort from Ed Prior, my engineer:" Yes, but you didn't have to break the whisk!" BNC

But before you can make an omelette you gotta break a few eggs, ain't that so? BNC

I think the old point is anyway you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. BNC

z bláta do louže

He left one job because of the low pay , but in his new one he has to work with unpleasant people—out of the frying pan into the fire! (Longman)

paci  paci pacičky (dětská hra)

And when assembly lasts too long they start getting bored and roll on the floor or play Pat-a-cake.BNC

Play finger rhymes like Round and Round the Garden, Pat-a-cake, Row Your Boat, and This Little Piggy. BNC

She took a playful swipe at his face, but Harvey caught it on the flat of his hand, then she struck at him with the palm of the other hand and they did a pat-a-cake routine. BNC

1) /uncountable/ pepř

2) /countable/ paprika

rajské slasti, vzdušné zámky

At first his theories were dismissed as pie in the sky. Macmillan Dictionary

je to hračka

After climbing mountains in the Swiss Alps, going up English hills is a piece of cake. (Oxford Idioms)

podíl na zisku nebo výhodách

ohřívač talířů

The Eclipse is exceptionally easy to control, with mains electric ignition, a slow cooking facility, a plate warmer (in the grill area) and an oven timer which you can pre-set to switch the oven on and off at times convenient to you (perhaps while you're busy entertaining guests before the meal). BNC

tavený sýr

Try coping with a party of underprivileged schoolchildren from a housing estate in Manchester with a near-hysterical social worker, a ghetto blaster and some crisp bags to sniff glue, two glum shaven-headed squaddies with flatulence, and a computer programmer from Maidstone who wants to tell you about why his promotion fell through, and then with one eye twitching, accuses you of having stolen his processed cheese. BNC

There was a bar with no booze and a store, of sorts, where we bought some of almost every item we recognized, including carrots, processed cheese and chocolate, which tasted like cocoa-flavoured sugar. BNC

Tomorrow never came, and we made do with bread, onions, and a form of processed cheese called La vache qui rit, the Laughing Cow. BNC

hloupý obličej

I was delighted to see my friend's happy pudding face again, blinking up at the collapsing mansion in which our flat was located. BNC

přesně ono, to pravé

uložit (peníze)

It's not easy paying a mortgage, raising a young child, and salting away enough money for your retirement. (Google)

Regarding money: “There was none to salt away,” he said. (Google)

These accounts might allow millions of workers currently withouta pension to salt away some money for their twilight years. (Google)

zachránit si kůži

Thank you for helping me with my exam preparation. You really saved my bacon. (Oxford Dictionary)

řekněte sýr!

Is everybody ready? Right, say cheese!

modlit se před/po jídle

Another good way is to say grace before meals, which is another way of appreciating what we are about to consume. BNC

Mother said that Aunt Bessie was fond of telling one story about Thomas Isaac, recalling the occasion when he was asked to say grace before breakfast one morning and steadfastly refused although commanded several times by his father. BNC

jít na dračku

The band's latest record is selling like hot cakes. (Oxford Idioms)

třást se jako osika, třást se strachy

The teacher asked to see his work. The young boy stood up, shaking like a jelly. Longman

podíl na zisku nebo výhodách

Third-world countries are discovering how their natural resources have been exploited by the rest of the world and now they want a bigger slice of the cake. (Oxford Idioms)

bambucký tuk

Shea butter, hazelnut, horsetail plant, cucumber; orchid and St. John's wort are associated in "Blue Orchid" Cream to provide an effective, natural product to treat dry, devitalized skin. BNC

Peach extract and ginkgo-biloba help normalize the hydration level of the skin, whilst camomile, red poppy and sandalwood act to decongest and shea butter; moringa, wheatgerm and almond extracts nourish and revitalize. BNC

odstředěné mléko

Do not skimp and debase using margarine in place of butter, skimmed milk instead of cream. BNC

For those who did choose healthy alternatives, the most popular product was low-fat margarine used by nearly half the sample, followed by skimmed milk used by 40%. BNC

They are often (but not always) relatively low in fat and can be made from skimmed milk or whey. BNC

šlápnout vedle

The new minister slipped on a banana skin before he had been in the job a week. (Oxford Idioms)

pěkné kvítko, chytrý člověk

Jed is one smart cookie. I'm sure he'll do the right thing. (Oxford Idioms)

mladí

We listened to the sad and faded tunes that the band was playing and remembered how exciting this same music had seemed during our salad days. Longman

oddělit zrno od plev

When all the applications came in, our first task was to separate the wheat from the chaff. (Oxford Idioms)

prolít (něčí) krev

Nothing can justify spilling innocent blood. (Oxford Idioms)

všechno prozradit, vyklopit

We were trying to keep it secret from Pete, but Marcia spilled the beans. (Oxford Idioms)

piškotový dort, piškotová bábovka

Such an ambitious Tuscan confection surely deserves a cakestand, assembled as it is on a noble pedestal of rock, its buildings (mixed plain and fancy) composed of that porous tufa which looks much like sponge cake and which comes in all the golds, pinks, browns and mauves of the best Battenberg. BNC

From our list we would choose to put a cross against sugar, chocolate, biscuits, sponge cake, and mints. BNC

For example, you might choose to bake a low-sugar sponge cake. BNC

vzrušit, nadchnout

His political speeches are designed to stir the blood. (Oxford Idioms)

kořen, paprika, starší muž vydržující si mladší ženu

When you tell him that he's a sugar daddy, he gets very angry. He says she isn't interested in his money, only in him. (Oxford Idioms)

sednout na lep, skočit na špek

When people read the words "Free Gift" on the magazine they usually swallow the bait and buy it. (Oxford Dictionary)

vynakládat zbytečnou námahu na vyřešení jednoduchého problému

vyhrát to na celé čáře; that takes the biscuit = to je vrchol

Well, that really takes the biscuit! She asks if she can borrow the car, then keeps it for a month!

hovor. zvítězit, vyhrát, předstihnout zvl. v pošetilosti; that takes the cake! žert. to je vrchol!

to je něco pro něho

tak to na světě chodí, tak už to je

She met somebody else and left me. That's the way the cookie crumbles, I suppose. (Oxford Idioms)

je oheň na steše, teď půjde do tuhého, to bude mela

The fat's in the fire now. Jim has just told his wife that he has taken a job in another town without mentioning it to her first. (Oxford Idioms)

bez práce nejsou koláče, zadarmo ani kuře nehrabe

I think you should be very careful about accepting his help. Remember, there's no such thing as a free lunch. (Oxford Idioms)

považovat se za velkého pupíka

Mnoho psů zajícova smrt. Příliš mnoho kuchařů přesolí polévku.

On the premise that "too many cooks spoil the broth", he asks us to reiterate that day to day management of the Village is in the hands of the Warden, Mrs. Pat Holmes, and any guidance, questions or advice on such matters should be addressed to her in the first instance. BNC

Contrasting proverbs with ponderous prose offers a way in:" too many cooks spoil the broth" is a far more expressive way of saying:" Over-maximization of the work force is counter-productive because it inhibits the realization of a satisfactory outcome." BNC

člověk s kterým nejsou žádný žerty, neurvalec, rabiják

Self-confident, ambitious and positive, Paula is a tough cookie who is bound to do well. (Oxford Idioms)

konečně otevřít oči, konečně se probudit

It's time to wake up and smell the coffee: you're not going to pass this course unless you start working harder. (Oxford Idioms)

nejlíněji se čas vleče, když čekáš

Looking out of the window won't make him arrive any quicker! Don't you know that a watched pot nver boils? (Oxford Idioms)

co se bude dít? co se chystá?

What's cooking in here? You all look very guilty. (Oxford Idioms)

navnadit někoho, udělat na něco chuť

I’ve read only the first few pages of his book, but it was enough to whet my appetite . (Longman Dictionary)

They're for my father, not for me, and a change will undoubtedly whet his appetite.' BNC

The breweries section continues to expand, such is the growth in demand for real ale, and there are many new brews to whet the appetite. BNC

a teď je všechno jasné, teď jsem z vojny doma

plnotučné mléko

Pastries, puddings cakes and sauces made with whole milk. BNC

If you sell farm butter and cheese instead of whole milk you can do well if you have the right market. BNC

Cottage or other low-fat cheese can be substituted for full-fat cheese; skimmed and semi-skimmed milk for whole milk. BNC

napájet, hostit

Our hosts wined and dined us very well. (Oxford Idioms)

s určitou výhradou, s rezervou, ne tak docela doslova

I would have thought Niki could take all these views of himself with a grain of salt. BNC

I have to take it with a grain of salt. BNC

If I were you, I’d take his advice with a pinch of salt. Macmillan Dictionary

lámat si kokos nad čím

co sis nadrobil, to si sněz

hovor. sváteční šaty

Bill put on his best bib and tucker and booked a table at a top restaurant for a romantic dinner. (Oxford Idioms)