snug as a bug in a rug
- jako v bavlnce, pohodlně zachumlaný, zasyslený (někde)
BrE
/
'snʌg æz ə 'bʌg ɪn ə ˌrʌg/
AmE
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'snʌg æz ə 'bʌg ɪn ə ˌrʌg/
adjective, informal
-
(feeling) very comfortable and relaxed
poor as a church mouse
- chudý jak kostelní myš
BrE
/
'pɔ:r æz ə 'tʃɜ:tʃ ˌmaʊs/
AmE
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'pʊr æz ə 'tʃɜ:rtʃ ˌmaʊs/
adjective, dated
-
really poor
busy as a bee
- pilný jako včelka, zaměstnaný, zaneprázdněný
BrE
/
'bɪzi æz ə ˌbi:/
AmE
/
'bɪzi æz ə ˌbi:/
adjective
-
doing a lot of things and having no time to spare
lead the way
- vést (někoho někam), ukázat cestu
BrE
/
'li:d ðə ˌweɪ/
AmE
/
'li:d ðə ˌweɪ/
verb
-
to accompany someone by going first and showing them the right direction
clean as a whistle
- čistý jako ze škatulky
BrE
/
ˌkli:n əz ə 'wɪsl/
AmE
/
ˌkli:n əz ə 'wɪsl/
adjective, informal
-
remarkably clean
as old as the hills
- starý jako Metuzalém, starý jako lidstvo samo
BrE
/
æz ˌəʊld æz ðə 'hɪlz/
AmE
/
æz ˌoʊld æz ðə 'hɪlz/
phrase
-
extremely old
plain as day
- jasný, zřetelný, jasný jak facka
BrE
/
pleɪn æz 'deɪ/
AmE
/
pleɪn æz 'deɪ/
adjective, informal
-
apparent and easily understandable from the clues given
happy as a clam
- šťastný jako blecha
BrE
/
ˌhæpi æz ə 'klæm/
AmE
/
ˌhæpi æz ə 'klæm/
adjective, American English
-
very happy, thrilled
as common as dirt
- jak much, jak vší
BrE
/
æz ˌkɒmən æz 'dɜət/
AmE
/
æz ˌkɑ:mən æz 'dɜ:rt/
phrase, informal
-
very common, very frequent
be sick as a dog
- zvracet jak Alík, zvracet jak protrženej
BrE
/
bi: ˌsɪk æz ə 'dɒg/
AmE
/
bi: ˌsɪk æz ə 'dɑ:g/
verb, informal
-
to feel nauseous, to feel extremely sick
disco
- disko
BrE
/
'dɪskəʊ/
AmE
/
'dɪskoʊ/
noun
-
a music genre popular mainly in 1960s and 1970s
dodo
- dodo
BrE
/
'dəʊdəʊ/
AmE
/
'doʊdoʊ/
noun
-
an extinct bird that had a long beak, long feathers, and could not fly
as dead as the dodo
- vymřelý, zaniklý, pasé
BrE
/
æz ˌded æz ðə 'dəʊdəʊ/
AmE
/
æz ˌded æz ðə 'doʊdoʊ/
phrase, informal
-
no longer existing; no longer favoured
pair
- spárovat, udělat dvojci
BrE
/
'peə/
AmE
/
'peər/
verb
-
to join two people or things together to make a pair
lazybones
- lenoch, povaleč
BrE
/
'leɪzibəʊnz/
AmE
/
'leɪzɪboʊnz/
noun
-
someone who does not want to do anything except sitting or lying