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)