Idioms II

Idiom je ustálené spojení (zpravidla jazyková zvláštnost, ustálený způsob vyjadřování určitého děje či stavu).

What does the following Idiom mean? – This idiom means:

Mad as a badger - If someone is mad as a badger
– They are crazy. / badger = jezevec
If you'll pardon my French.
– A way of apologising for swearing. / swearing = kletí, nadávání
Plain sailing
– If something is easy to do without complications.
Pull up your socks
– You say this to someone when you aren't satisfied with someone and want them to do better.
Kangaroo court
– When people take the law into their own hands and form courts that are not legal.
On hold
– If something is on hold - no action will be taken.
Trying to find a needle in a haystack.
– Something is very difficult to find.
If you hang someone out to dry.
– You abandon them when they are in trouble.
No bed of roses
– If something is not a bed of roses then it is difficult to do.
Fit for a king - If something is fit for a king
– it is of the very highest quality or standard.
Nerves of steel - If someone has nerves of steel
– they don't get frightened when other people do.
Pull someone's leg - If you pull someone's leg
– you tease them. / škádlit (žertem, zlomyslně)
If you take something on the chin
– something bad happens to you and you take it directly without complaining.
If somebody makes a mountain out of a molehill they
– exaggerate the importance or seriousness of a problem.
Playing with fire
– If people take foolish risks.
Nest egg
– someone's savings.
If you get to grips with something
– you take control of something and do it properly.
If people head for the hills
– they run away from trouble.
If you keep mum about something
– you keep quiet and don't tell anyone.
If you take the plunge
– you commit yourself to do something even though you know there is an element of risk involved.
I've got a bone to pick with you.
– Someone wants to make a complaint against you.
If someone is making a mint.
– They are making a lot of money. / mint = majlant (mincovna); máta
If you make a killing
– You do something that makes you a lot of money.
If a person has their head in the clouds
– They have unrealistic and impractical ideas.
If something hangs by a thread
– There is a small chance of something being successful or surviving.
Dark horse
– A person who is a bit of a mystery.
Play second fiddle
– You take a subordinate role behind someone more important than you.

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