NATURE

stát se něčím krásným

1. Doctors do know that obese kids nearly always bloom into obese adults. (COCA)
   
2. Two winners saw seeds they planted bloom into statewide movements that will survive beyond their student days. (COCA)
3. They have returned this charge with a sullen suspicion that can bloom into paranoia about Western plots. (COCA)

stát se něčím krásným

1. Try not to compare him with his older siblings. It's harder to blossom into an individual if you're living in the shadow of a hockey champ. (COCA)
   
2. I coached them, rooted for their teams, and waited anxiously to see them blossom into stars. (COCA)
3. I watched this young woman blossom into this beautiful butterfly. (COCA)

velmi chladné počasí

1. This place is known for its brass monkey weather. (Google)
2. My favourite way of describing 'brass monkey' weather is: "It's as cold as a mother-in laws kiss". (Google)
3. The UK has certainly been exposed to a fairly lengthy period of brass monkey weather. (Google)

chov v zajetí

So breeding in captivity is vital to ensure the species survival. BNC

"Breeding in captivity was the easy part," says William Toone, curator of birds at the San Diego park. Times

...so it's up to us to control all penguin breeding in captivity. COCA

slon v porcelánu

1. You are a bull in a china shop at home, so think before you act or speak. (COCA)
2. That's when he earned a reputation as a bull in a china shop, with manners. (COCA)
3. " I am very strong because I am careless, " like a bull in a china shop. (COCA)

nezávazná konverzace

1. They rib each other and chat about the latest crime in a morning ritual called the bull session. (COCA)
2. But this time, they enjoy a relatively leisurely meal and a bull session, too. (COCA)
3. Soon we were having the usual bull session about the merits of the Yankees vs. the Mets. (COCA)
   

tvrdohlavý

1. I miss all your stubborn, bull-headed, pig-headed ways, but most of all I miss you. (COCA)
2. The African is stout, bull-headed, with close-cropped hair and layers of fat in the neck region. (COCA)
3. Ammon's son, the bull-headed deity Gurzil, had his chief shrine on the fringes of Garamantian territory at Ghirza. (COCA)
   

schovaný, zahrabaný v písku

His head was buried in the sand, hands and feet spread out, as if he had fallen from a great height. BNC

His left leg was buried in the sand, nearly up to his thigh. COCA

She had been drugged and buried in the sand. Times

přestat někoho napadat

1. Stop calling me names. Call the dogs off! (Google)
2. When will she call the dogs off? Be the first person to answer this question. (Google)
3. Well you can call the dogs off, baby. I don't hate you anymore. (Google)

házet perly sviním

1. Lois, explaining your feelings would be like casting pearls before swine. (Google)
2. When the Governor of the Bank of England calls on financiers to curb their avariciousness in the public interest, he cast pearls before swine. (Google)
3. As recorded in Matthew 7:6, we are not to “cast our pearls before swine.” (Google)