zničit 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)

falšovat např. podklady, účetnictví, manipulovat s daty

The two directors of the company had been cooking the books, a local court herd yeasterday. (Oxford Idioms)

vést si znamenitě, senzačně

Business may have been a little slow at first, but now we're cooking with gas! (Oxford Idioms) 

studený jako psí čumák, studený jako ryba, naprosto klidný, klidný jako Angličan

Everyone was rushing round trying to get things ready, and he just sat there, cool as a cucumber. (Oxford Idioms)

povaleč, 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

smetánka, to nejlepší

Only the cream of the crop of the year's movies are nominated for an award. (Oxford Idioms) 

překonat se

I didn't cut the mustard as a hockey player. (Oxford Idioms)

umřít jako boháč, nechat po sobě majlant