pondělí, 29. dubna 2024, 06.28
Stránky: OpenMoodle
Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: FOOD
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bad egg

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)

bag of bones

kostroun, člověk kost a kůže

She refused to eat until eventually she was a bag of bones. (Oxford Dictionary)

baker's dozen

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

bar of chocolate

čokoládová tyčinka

At tea breaks and lunchtime I never saw him eat more than a bar of chocolate or a biscuit. BNC

be fed up with

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

be in/be the worse for drink

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

be not as green as someone is cabbage looking

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

be on the drink

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 

be worth one's salt

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

bear fruit

přinést ovoce

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

big cheese/wheel

pohlavár, významná osobnost

His father's a big cheese in the textile industry. (Oxford Idioms)

bite at/of the cherry (also a second/another bite at/of the cherry)

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

bite off more than you can chew

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)

bite the bullet

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