take the trouble - pokusit se (o něco), vynaložit úsilí (na co)

verb - to make the effort (to do something)

 

land on your feet - mít štěstí, mít kliku

verb - to be lucky, to have success

 

brush up on - oprášit, osvěžit, oživit si (např. dovednost)

verb - to practice or improve your knowledge of something that you partly forgot

 

miss out on - promeškat, prošvihnout, nechat si ujít (co)

verb - to lose an opportunity to do something enjoyable

 

walk on eggshells - chodit po špičkách, opatrně našlapovat

verb - being very careful not to do anything wrong

pig out on - přecpat se (čím), přežrat se (čím)

verb, informal - to eat too much of something

 

look down on - pohrdat (kým), shlížet na (koho)

verb - to think that you are better than somebody

 

look back on - dívat se zpět na (vzpomínat), ohlížet se (vzpomínat)

verb - to think about what happened

 

walk out on - odejít (od někoho)

verb, informal - to leave somebody angrily

 

bridge the gap - překonat rozdíly, překlenout rozdíly

verb - the overcome the differences between things, to make the differences matter less, to make the differences less obvious

 

drop the ball - pokazit, zpackat, podělat

verb, American English, informal - to make a mistake and spoil something, especially by not paying attention or by being careless

 

bury the hatchet - zakopat válečnou sekeru, usmířit se

verb - to make peace with someone, to resolve a conflict, to stop fighting

 

miss the mark - šlápnout vedle, minout se, nepodařit se, nepovést se

verb - not to succeed, to fail to achieve something

 

rob the cradle - být na mladší, být na zajíčky, mít za partnera někoho daleko mladšího

verb, American English - to be romantically involved with someone significantly younger

 

pop the question - požádat o ruku

verb, informal - to ask somebody to marry you