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with flying colours - úspěšně, zdárně, na výbornou, s vyznamenáním

adverb - successfully, with excellent results

 

between the devil and the deep blue sea - v bryndě, před nelehkou volbou, v nesnázích, v úzkých

adverb - in a difficult situation where there are two equally inconvenient choices

 

just like that - jen tak, z ničeho nic

phrase - very suddenly and unexpectedly

 

word for word - slovo od slova

phrase - in exactly the same words

 

wash - (u)mytí

noun - the act of cleaning something or someone with water, soap, shampoo etc.

 

I could eat a horse - hladový jak vlk, (tak hladový že) bych snědl(a) koně

phrase, informal - a phrase meaning 'I'm really hungry'

 

fat chance - ani náhodou, (to) sotva, (to) těžko

phrase, informal - used to say that you do not believe that something will happen

 

give free rein - dát volnou ruku, dát volné pole působnosti, neomezovat v jednání

verb - let somebody do what they want, to give somebody the freedom to act as they want

 

spend money like water - hýřit penězi, utrácet

verb - spend too much money

 

on the run - na útěku

adverb - trying not to be caught or captured

 

have a bigger fish to fry - mít úplně jiné starosti, mít důležitější věci na práci, mít něco důležitějšího

verb, informal - to have more important problems to deal with

 

keep up - nenechat (někoho) jít spát

verb - to prevent someone from going to bed

 

's - forma plurálu

phrase - a plural ending sometimes used with numbers, letters, abbreviations etc.

 

Columbus - Kolumbus

noun - the last name of the person who supposedly discovered America

 

ex-husband - bývalý manžel

noun - a person who is not somebody's husband anymore