chickens come home to roostnic 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) |
(go) cold turkeyabsťák; přestat fetovat; otevřená, nepřikrášlená věc, neomalenost The worst time was when he was going cold turkey. (Oxford Idioms) |
wake up and smell the coffeekonečně 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) |
cook sb's goosezničit 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) |
cook the booksfalšovat např. podklady, účetnictví, manipulovat s daty The two directors of the company had been cooking the books, a local court herd yeasterday. (Oxford Idioms) |
tough cookie/customerčlověk 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) |
that's the way the cookie crumblestak 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) |
smart cookiepěkné kvítko, chytrý člověk Jed is one smart cookie. I'm sure he'll do the right thing. (Oxford Idioms) |
couch potatopovaleč, 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 |
what's cookingco se bude dít? co se chystá? What's cooking in here? You all look very guilty. (Oxford Idioms) |
cookin with gasvést si znamenitě, senzačně Business may have been a little slow at first, but now we're cooking with gas! (Oxford Idioms) |
it's no good/use crying over spilt milknemá 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) |
cream of the cropsmetánka, to nejlepší Only the cream of the crop of the year's movies are nominated for an award. (Oxford Idioms) |
cut the mustardpřekonat se I didn't cut the mustard as a hockey player. (Oxford Idioms) |
(like) a curate's egg (good in parts)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) |