žít si na vysoké noze   

That had been a good year, a year of living high off the hog. WebC

Depending on personal circumstances, $3,500 a month may or may not be living high off the hog, but it's always worth knowing where those dollars go. WebC

My parents always lived high off the hog and as a result may never be able to retire. WebC

moderní, nejnovější, aktuální 

Everything is up-to-date in this high-tech dictionary. WebC

Users should make sure their product is up-to-date. WebC

We check with each restaurant every quarter to make sure the menu is up to date. WebC

zastaralý  

The way these levels were designed and accessed, however, was a little out of date in 1898. WebC

The web address or link you have followed is out of date and there is no registered new version. WebC

Is it just me or is the rest of the content on this website out of date? WebC

To jsou vyhozené peníze!   

I paid $100 for our required textbook and it's money down the drain. WebC

I have spent fortunes on food to try and find things that he'll like but it's money down the drain. WebC

It's money down the drain if you don't use them correctly.  WebC

přijít do prodeje  

These Italian-made guitars have recently come onto the market. WebC

The US market has a high level of growth that should continue as newer products come onto the market. WebC

We are keeping this model under wraps but it will come onto the market soon. WebC

vyhazovat něčí peníze   

Someone on television said recently that our local state senator had been "playing ducks and drakes" with the taxpayers' money. WebC

But it unmistakably signifies that the icons of soccer fans nationwide are wallowing in such prodigious wealth that they can play ducks and drakes with money. WebC

You have no right to play ducks and drakes with your ex-girl friend's money. WebC

do určité míry, ale ne příliš 

She sings after a fashion. WebC

All of these things are groundbreaking, after a fashion, but none of them are good. WebC

Most children, before they are taught how to draw from plaster casts, can draw after a fashion, and often they can draw remarkably well. WebC

podle někoho, podle určitého vzoru  

The new library is very much after the fashion of Nash.  WebC

His story would be darkly entertaining, even funny after the fashion of a late John le Carre novel, if the consequences were not so serious.  WebC

Their nests are made of reeds and sedges built up in large piles somewhat after the fashion of a swan’s nest. WebC

rychle či nepoctivě sehnané peníze  

Too much of a good thing Antibiotics are perhaps the most reckless example of the misuse of modern medicine to make a fast buck. WebC

Betting on the horses can be a fast buck. WebC

There's a lot of horror stories right now of people who have come into Russia thinking that they were going to be able to make a fast buck... WebC

být zadlužený u koho  

Bernie is in hock to the club and to Shelly for a large gambling debt and has been paying it off by chilling shooters on a hot streak. WebC

Today, the United States of America is in hock to about 12 nations around the world, including those very same oil kingdoms, but also nations like China. WebC

He is in hock to the mob and desperately needs to raise some cash.  WebC

mít věci v zatsavárně, být zadlužený  

The little guy is the typical American, and he's deeply in debt. The little guy is in hock up to his ears. WebC

The average household and business today is in hock up to their necks.  WebC

In 1992, the average household owed only $56 for every $100 it earned. Now, it is in hock, owing $125 for every $100 earned. WebC

ať to stojí, co to stojí   

I must have, cost what it may, an Indian cane. BNC

I have a right to get pleasure out of life: and I will get it, cost what it may. WebC

Cost what it may, I must succeed! WebC

peníze vyplacené hotově, na dřevo   

My mother bought a luxurious diamond ring and paid cold cash for it.  BNC

Mr. Jones bought a new car and paid cold cash for it. BNC

If you pay cold cash for something you should get what you deserve right then and there without having to WORK on making it patched and running smooth. WebC

odplatit každému stejnou mincí  

The wardens paid him back in his own coin and never missed a chance to degrade him. WebC

Pay her back in her own coin - yes, pay her back double for all that she has done! WebC

I was about to pay her back in her own coin and say something really rude, when all at once we heard a terrible crashing right above us... WebC

žít v nadbytku, mít na růžích ustláno   

Eugene Kelly is in clover. Thanks to Kurt Cobain, he doesn't have to work again.  WebC

American foreign policy kept him in power and in clover. BNC

If the reader is motivated and interested and has the money to spend, the bookseller is in clover. WebC