Food idioms (1)

Idiomy jsou zažitá spojení, která v doslovném překladu nedávají většinou smysl, proto je jejich pochopení poměrně komplikované. Více si o problematice idiomů přečtěte v článku Idiomy v angličtině.

spill the beans/ˌspɪl ðə '­bi:ns//ˌspil ðə 'bíns//ˌspɪl ðə '­bi:ns//ˌspil ðə 'bíns/ – prokecnout se, vyklopit něco  ^*1

There's a surprise party for Jessica next Friday. Don't spill the beans! ^*2
How come our mother knows about it? My brother must have spilled the beans. ^*3  

cup of tea/ˌkʌp əf 't­i://ˌkap əf 'tý//ˌkʌp əf '­ti://ˌkap əf 'tý/ – parketa, gusto, šálek kávy

You know ice skating isn't my cup of tea. I definitely prefer skiing in winter. ^*4
I do know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I thought you may like it. ^*5  

couch potato/'kaʊtʃ pə­ˌteɪtəʊ//'kauč pəˌtejtou//'kaʊtʃ pəˌ­teɪt̬oʊ//'kauč pəˌtejtou/ – domácí povaleč, pecivál

How can you be such a couch potato? Get up and wash the dishes. ^*6
Maybe I should be a couch potato for today. Watch TV, eat some pizza. What do you think? ^*7  

a piece of cake/əˌpi:s əv­'keɪk//əˌpís əv'kejk//əˌpi:s əv­'keɪk//əˌpís əv'kejk/ – hračka, brnkačka (snadná věc)

Don't worry, it's a piece of cake. You will do just fine. ^*8
Two hundred a month should be a piece of cake for you, right? ^*9  

with a pinch of salt/wɪð ə ˌpɪn­tʃ əv 'sɔlt//wið ə ˌpinč əv 'solt//wɪð ə ˌpɪ­ntʃ əv 'sɑ:lt//wið ə ˌpinč əv 'sált/ – s rezervou, s nadhledem
with a grain of salt/wɪð ə ˌgre­ɪn əv 'sɔlt//wið ə ˌgrejn əv 'solt//wɪð ə ˌgr­eɪn əv 'sɑ:lt//wið ə ˌgrejn əv 'sált/ – s rezervou, s nadhledem

You know what she's like. I would take it with a pinch of salt. ^*10
He bragged about it, but we took the information with a grain of salt. ^*11  

have a bun in the oven/hæv ə 'b­ʌn ɪn ði: ˌʌvən//hæv ə 'ban in ðí ˌavən//hæv ə '­bʌn ɪn ði: ˌʌvən//hæv ə 'ban in ðí ˌavən/ – , být v tom, mít buben, být těhotná  ^*12

Don't you know? She has a bun in the oven. ^*13
Her parents were surprised to learn that she had a bun in the oven. ^*14  

icing on the cake/ˌaɪsɪŋ ɒn ð­ə 'keɪk//ˌajsiŋ on ðə 'kejk//ˌaɪsɪŋ ɑ:­n ðə 'keɪk//ˌaj­siŋ án ðə 'kejk/ – třešnička na dortu  ^*15

The icing on the cake for the property buyer was the beautiful wardrobe in the attic. ^*16
Well, the fact that we did make money in the end is icing on the cake. Nobody expected it. ^*17  

sell like hot cakes/ˌsel laɪ­k ˌhɒt 'keɪks//ˌsel lajk ˌhot 'kejks//ˌsel laɪ­k ˌhɑ:t 'keɪks//ˌsel lajk ˌhát 'kejks/ – jít na dračku  ^*18

Their new line of lingerie was selling like hot cakes. ^*19
The album sold like hot cakes but only in Europe. ^*20  

chalk and cheese/ˌtʃɔ:k ən '­tʃi:z//ˌčók ən 'číz//ˌtʃɑ:k ə­n 'tʃi:z//ˌčák ən 'číz/ – nebe a dudy (rozdílný)  ^*21

My brothers Steve and Jack are as different as chalk and cheese. ^*22
Oh come on, these two TV shows are like chalk and cheese. They couldn't be more different. ^*23  

bad egg/'bæd ˌeg//­'bæd ˌeg//'bæd ˌeg­//'bæd ˌeg/ – darebák, budižkničemu (člověk věčně v průšvihu)

Why should one bad egg ruin it for the rest of us. ^*24
He has always been a bad egg, even at young age. ^*25  

like two peas in a pod/laɪk tu: p­i:z ɪn ə 'pɒd//lajk tú píz in ə 'pod//laɪk tu­: pi:z ɪn ə '­pɑ:d//lajk tú píz in ə 'pád/ – podobní si jako vejce vejci (vzhledem, myšlením, nebo chováním)  ^*26

Neither of them would thank me for saying it, but they're like two peas in a pod. ^*27
You can tell they are brothers immediately. They are like two peas in a pod. ^*28  

put all your eggs in one basket/pʊt ɔ:l j­ə 'egz ɪn wʌn 'bɑ­:skɪt//put ól jə 'egz in wan 'báskit//pʊt ɔ:l j­ər 'egz ɪn wʌn 'bæ­skɪt//put ól jər 'egz in wan 'bæskit/ – vsadit vše na jednu kartu  ^*29

Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Diversify your investments by owning a mix of stocks. ^*30
She shouldn't have put all her eggs in one basket. Now she has nothing. ^*31  

walk on eggshells/ˌwɔ:k ɒn '­egʃelz//ˌwók on 'egšelz//ˌwɑ:k ɑ:n '­egʃelz//ˌwák án 'egšelz/ – opatrně našlapovat, chodit po špičkách (např. při komunikaci)  ^*32

Even though she was walking on eggshells, they called her a manipulator. ^*33
I will not keep my voice down. I've been walking on eggshells around you for months and I'm sick of it. ^*34  

have bigger fish to fry/hæv bɪgə ˌ­fɪʃ tə 'fraɪ//hæv bigə ˌfiš tə 'fraj//hæv bɪ­gər ˌfɪʃ tə '­fraɪ//hæv bigər ˌfiš tə 'fraj/ – mít jiné starosti, mít něco důležitějšího (na práci)  ^*35

Sorry, at the moment I have much bigger fish to fry than that. ^*36
Don't ask your boss. He has bigger fish to fry. ^*37  

cry over spilt milk/ˌkraɪ əʊvə ˌ­spɪlt 'mɪlk//ˌkraj ouvə ˌspilt 'milk//ˌkraɪ oʊv­ər ˌspɪlt 'mɪlk//ˌkraj ouvər ˌspilt 'milk/ (nebo spilled) – plakat nad rozlitým mlékem

They were very disappointed to have lost the game, but it's no use crying over spilled milk. ^*38
You got fired? Well, you probably should've worked harder. Don't cry over spilt milk now. ^*39  

Pozn.: obvykle ve spojení there's/it's no use crying over spilled/spilt milk ^*40.

cheesy/'tʃi:zi//­čízi//'tʃi:zi/­/čízi/ – laciný, trapný  ^*41

How can you watch it? It's a super cheesy soap opera. ^*42
I know, the lyrics are a bit cheesy, but I like the song anyway. ^*43  

in a nutshell/ˌɪnə'nʌtʃ­el//ˌinə'načel//ˌɪnə'nʌ­tʃel//ˌinə'na­čel/ – v kostce (krátce)  ^*44

You may not see the big picture here. The problem is, in a nutshell, a lack of motivated staff. ^*45
So, just in a nutshell, today's annou­ncement means what? ^*46  

nuts/'nʌts//nat­s//'nʌts//nat­s/ – vyšinutý, pomatený

Are you nuts? ^*47
And then she went completely nuts. ^*48