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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