Communication

něco zveličovat, z něčeho dělat zbytečný problém

Why do people make a big deal out of being a teenage mom but not being a teenage dad? (Google)

The most important thing is just not to make a big deal of failure. (Google)

People make a big deal about test scores. No one seems to believe me when I tell them that when I'm reading an application, I just glance at the test scores to get a sense of them before moving on to the more important parts of the application -- that is, who you are. (Google)

udělat scénu

Don't make a scene, you'll mess up your make-up from crying. (Google)

I don't want to talk to you, I don't want to even see you, don't make a scene, just leave! (Google)

I've had cramps multiple times and pain can be unbearable, but I don't make a scene and start screaming and wailing. (Google)

brať na ľahkú váhu, zľahčovať, bagatelizovať

I didn't mean to make light of your problems. (BNC)

President Bush, making light of surgery to remove a cyst from his right middle finger, said it was no 'federal case' and promised to show off his scar afterward . (BNC)

It is possible to make light of the process but, be under no illusion, it is a deadly serious affair. (BNC)

čestný muž, který vždy dodrží své slovo

His action or inaction will prove whether he is a man of his word, or whether he is a man driven by political ambition. (Google)

The Senator also promised to personally email answers to any questions he didn't have time to get to at the party and, a man of his word, he did just that. (Google)

Now he's just made it clear he not only isn't a man of his word, but is just another spineless puppet. (Google)

spisovatel, autor či akademik

‘I have always wanted to be an all-round man of letters on the eighteenth-century plan, which allowed or commanded a man to write essay or poem, novel or play, just as he pleased.’ (Google)

He was the last of a species, the great statesman, who was also the urbane man of letters and bon vivant. (Google)

Stanley Burnshaw, a consummate man of letters who was not only a poet, critic, translator, editor, publisher and novelist but also was skilled at setting type by hand, died September 16, 2005 on Martha's Vineyard. He was 99. (Google)

vec názoru

Of course, there are also disadvantages in using the normal, high tow position and it is a matter of opinion which is best or easiest. (BNC)

What the Leeds manager appeared to be saying was that, while it was a matter of opinion whether Mr Midgley used his discretion correctly, he was glad to see a referee not sticking rigidly to the letter of the law. (BNC)

Whether one considers lawyers and doctors as more important than farm labourers and refuse collectors is simply a matter of opinion. (BNC)

všedný, obyčajný, vecný, suchý

This may be by way of theory, or on more matter-of-fact lines about technique or such questions as composition. (BNC)

There are emotional types and there are some who are matter-of-fact and fairly cold in their emotional response. (BNC)

When they reach the place of sacrifice, the details of the final preparations are given in the same matter-of-fact way that the initial ones were. (BNC)

zmeškať pointu

Was I hearing him right or had I missed the point as so often happened?(BNC)

But that misses the point, if theory can be identified with literature. (BNC)

I think he misses the point when he says that no one cares about it. (BNC)

ani muk

So far, the news have been confirmed but mum is the word. You will have to wait a bit before getting loud and clear details. (Google)

As soon as your manuscript is submitted, mum is the word. You can’t blog about the manuscript, the submission, the editors who will see it, or any rejection letters because guess what, interested editors will often read the writer’s blog. (Google)

Fiji is like a hide-away trip for celebrities and mum is the word as far as the resorts are concerned. (Google)