NATURE

velmi rychle

1. You fly like a bat out of hell every afternoon, just to pick up your mail? (COCA)
2. But the Old Lady flew down the stairs like a bat out of hell, almost like she'd been waiting for a long time. (COCA)
3. He must have driven like a bat out of Hell to get back here this fast. (COCA)
   

velmi naštvaný nebo rozladěný

1. My child wakes up full of beans each morning but her cousin wakes up like a bear with sore head and they could both have had the same amount of sleep. (Google)
   
2. I have to watch the sleeping though, too much without the machine and I am like a bear with sore head. (Google)
3. Anyway I am being extra nice to him cups of tea, he is going to work on nights tonight so will be like a bear with sore head tomorrow. (Google)

jako ovce na porážku

1. Indians fought. The Americans were marched like lambs to the slaughter. (COCA)
   
2. " This way! " he said and leaped off with the Kittchikoostrans following like lambs to the slaughter. (COCA)
3. Jews refused to march like lambs to the slaughter. (COCA)

konvalinka vonná

Added in was Rose's own smell, warm animal washed with lily-of-the-valley soap. BNC

Acres of wildflowers such as trilllum and mountain lily-of-the-valley carpet the route. COCA

Their aromas range from lily-of-the-valley sweet to nutmeg spicy, and from musky to citrusy. COCA

lípa

1. Fritzsche and Merek are seated beneath a linden tree. (COCA)
   
2. Christina took the little boy when he was still very young to see the great linden tree that stood between Linnhult and Jamsboda, a village nearby. (COCA)
3. The linden tree casts dappled shadows that hood his eyes in darkness. (COCA)

štěbetali si to vrabci na střeše

1. Where did you hear it? Little bird told me. (Google)
2. A little bird told me, you'd better listen to the law. (Google)
3. A little bird told me, that you're feeling down today. (Google)
   

lichvář

1. Sheriffs and bailiffs from numerous interdimensional realms, and a loan shark named Vinnie. (COCA)
2. She was so desperate that she was going to go to a loan shark in Pretoria who would make her pay 100 percent interest. (COCA)
3. The next morning, she made a new friend: a loan shark, whom she must repay $8 for every $5 borrowed. (COCA)

dohadovat se

1. Arab nationalism had risen, and the two superpowers had begun to lock horns. (COCA)
2. Washington and Brussels will just as likely lock horns over the Middle East. (COCA)
3. I knew that she knew, but neither of us were willing to lock horns over the issue. (COCA)
   

odliv

I'll maroon you on the rock there at low tide, for the waves rising to take you! BNC

Chink's warning floated like a buoy at low tide. COCA

"The house smelled like low tide," she complained. Times

vydělávat si na živobytí, živit se něčím

How does he make a living ? BNC

There he settled down to make a living from running Greene County's beer and applejack industries. Times

Acting is a funny business. You make a living being other people. COCA