samedi 18 mai 2024, 06:58
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Cours: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Glossaire: FOOD

fish or cut bait

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)

go bananas

zbláznit se, zcvoknout

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

not (have) a bean

(ne)mít ani vindru

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

bear fruit

přinést ovoce

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

slip on a banana skin

šlápnout vedle

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

spill the beans

všechno prozradit, vyklopit

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

your best bib and tucker

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)

hill of beans

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) 

have had a bellyful of sb/sth

mít něčeho nebo někoho plné zuby

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

best thing since sliced bread

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)

(as) red as a beetroot

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)

do one's porridge

bručet, sedět

minced meat

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

pudding face

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

clear soup/broth

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