NATURE

příčina všeho zla

1. Cindy had a motive, the same one that's often described as the root of all evil. (COCA)
   
2. Some people would say the old adage, " Money is the root of all evil. " (COCA)
3. Instead of being the root of all good, America is seen as the root of all evil. (COCA)

hrát něco na obě strany

1. When you run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, all you manage is to stumble. (Google)
   
2. We've had enough of Tony Blair trying to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. (Google)
3. He wants to increase the magazine's circulation along with its price — that's trying to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. (Google)

solné pláně

The absolute white and flat of the evaporated salt plains takes ordinary vastness to the level of the conceptual. COCA

These white-tailed deer do some people-watching on the Salt Plains. COCA

Top Gear presenters who drove cars over fragile salt plains have “undermined the whole tourism industry” in the area. Google

slaná voda

And once plugged, the wells are often ruined by salt water seepage. Times

Cook the spaghetti in boiling salt water until just. BNC

Salt water streamed down her face as she gasped air. COCA

mořský vlk

1. These folks want a captain who's a bit of a salty dog but not a raving, peg-legged Ahab Davis was perfect. (COCA)
2. Salty dogs were sitting around the table and laughing heavily. (COCA)
3. This man, a salty dog, has been to all continents. (COCA)
   

písčité pláže

Close by are 70 miles of white, sandy beaches. BNC

Where were the sandy beaches? Where was the scent of cinnamon? COCA

His coral cuts, his sandy beaches are alive with stinging sand flies. Times

písčité duny

I found the site but only the snails were visible in the sandy dunes at the edge of the golf course. BNC

The peace and serenity of the green countryside and sandy dunes seemed almost a lifetime away from her present existence. BNC

It's a cedar-shingled cottage built high on white sandy dunes. COCA

jezevčík

Out on the pavement, an elderly woman with a small sausage dog gave him a filthy look. BNC

He turned the corner into the square, where he saw Sid the Sausage Dog. COCA

Forget pit bulls, rottweilers and Rhodesian ridgebacks, it's the sausage dog that's the most aggressive breed.

sémě pochybnosti

1. I think when this one happened, it put that little seed of doubt in the back of our minds. (COCA)
   
2. And then, once the seed of doubt was sown, and because they needed to know, they parted uncomplainingly. (COCA)
3. Ray's cryptic comment planted a seed of doubt, and many others followed. (COCA)

oddělit zrno od plev

1. A stiff spring gale is just the ticket to separate the sheep from the goats. (COCA)
2. You have to do a lot of work to separate the sheep from the goats. (COCA)
3. It is because their real purpose is to separate the sheep from the goats, the anointed from the benighted. (COCA)