The Settlers of Catan - Osadníci z Katanu

noun - a popular board game

 

speak of the devil - my o vlku

phrase - the phrase we use when we've been talking about someone and the person suddenly appears

 

neck of the woods - končiny, oblast

phrase, informal - a particular area

 

tip of the iceberg - zlomek, špička ledovce, malá část

noun - only the small part of something, especially a problem

 

somewhere down the road - někdy v budoucnu, jednou

adverb, American English, informal - used for talking about the future

 

off the beaten path - z ruky, stranou, odlehlý

adverb - far away from the places people usually visit

 

water over the dam - minulost, historie, něco pasé

noun - an event that happened in the past and so cannot be changed or undone

 

out of the question - vyloučený, nemožný, nepřicházející v úvahu

phrase - to emphasize that something is completely impossible and not worth discussing

 

icing on the cake - třešnička na dortu

phrase, British English - something extra that is added to make a thing or a situation better

slow on the uptake - zaostalý, zabržděný, s dlouhým vedením, nechápavý

adjective, informal - slow to understand something

 

one for the road - jednoho na cestu, jedno na cestu (o alkoholickém nápoji)

phrase, informal - a last alcoholic drink before leaving

on the same wavelength - (být) na stejné vlně, na sebe naladění

adverb, informal - understand each other perfectly because you see things the same way

 

in the first place - v prvé řadě, především, vůbec

phrase - to begin with, a phrase used to refer to something that should have been said at the beginning

 

on the one hand - na jednu stranu, na jedné straně, jednak

adverb - from one point of view

 

not for the world - za nic na světě

phrase - not for anything