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