answer the door - jít otevřít

verb - to open the door when someone has knocked or rung the doorbell

 

call the police - zavolat policii

verb - to use a telephone to make sure that police officers come

 

jump the gun - unáhlit se, ukvapit se

verb, informal - to react too fast; to start doing something too soon

 

screw the pooch - totálně podělat (něco), totálně pokazit (něco)

verb, informal - to ruin something completely (very informal)

walk the dog - jít se psem, jít se psem na procházku, venčit psa, vyvenčit psa

verb - to take the dog for a walk

 

hog the limelight - strhávat pozornost na sebe

verb, British English - to draw all the attention to oneself

 

bury the hatchet - zakopat válečnou sekeru, usmířit se

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

 

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

 

on-the-spot - na místě

adjective - happening directly at the place at the time

USA - Spojené Státy Americké

noun - a federation of 50 states, the capital is Washington DC

 

round-the-world - okolo světa, kolem světa

adjective - going around the whole planet

 

US - Spojené státy, USA

noun - (abbreviation) United States (of America)

 

over my dead body - jen přes (mou) mrtvolu

adverb, informal - a phrase that says that we are strictly against something, we don't allow it