přesně ono, to pravé

považovat se za velkého pupíka

nejsem z cukru

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

nasypat vrabci sůl na ocásek

v cuku letu

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

jemný vtip

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

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

rajské slasti, vzdušné zámky

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

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

cítit se na to

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