roll in the hay - pohlavní styk (humorně)
BrE
/ˌrəʊl ɪnðə'heɪ/
AmE
/ˌrəʊl ɪnðə'heɪ/

noun, informal - (humorous) a sexual intercourse

as the crow flies
as the crow flies - vzdušnou čarou
BrE
/əz ðə 'krəʊ ˌflaɪz/
AmE
/əz ðə 'kroʊ ˌflaɪz/

adverb - in a straight line (the actual distance between two places)

 
not in the slightest - ani v nejmenším, vůbec ne
BrE
/ˌnɒt ɪn ðə'slaɪtɪst/
AmE
/ˌnɑ:t ɪn ðə'slaɪt̬əst/

adverb - not at all

 
in the short term - z krátkodobého hlediska, krátkodobě
BrE
/ɪn ðə 'ʃɔ:t tɜ:m/
AmE
/ɪn ðə 'ʃɔ:rt tɜ:m/

adverb - over a short period of time

 
in the short run - z krátkodobého hlediska, krátkodobě
BrE
/ɪn ðə 'ʃɔ:t rʌn/
AmE
/ɪn ðə 'ʃɔ:rt rʌn/

adverb - in the near future

 
in the long term - z dlouhodobého hlediska, dlouhodobě
BrE
/ɪn ðə 'lɒŋ tɜ:m/
AmE
/ɪn ðə 'lɑ:ŋ tɜ:rm/

adverb - over a long period of time

 
in the long run - z dlouhodobého hlediska
BrE
/ɪn ðə 'lɒŋ rʌn/
AmE
/ɪn ðə 'lɑ:ŋ rʌn/

adverb - much later in the future

slow on the uptake
slow on the uptake - zaostalý, zabržděný, s dlouhým vedením, nechápavý
BrE
/ˌsləʊ ɒn ði: 'ʌpteɪk/
AmE
/ˌsloʊ ɑ:n ði: 'ʌpteɪk/

adjective, informal - slow to understand something

 
speak of the devil - my o vlku
BrE
/spi:k əv ðə 'devl/
AmE
/spi:k əv ðə 'devəl/

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

 
in the first place - v prvé řadě, především, vůbec
BrE
/ɪn ðə 'fɜ:st ˌpleɪs/
AmE
/ɪn ðə 'fɜ:rst ˌpleɪs/

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

 
neck of the woods - končiny, oblast
BrE
/ˌnek əv ðə 'wʊdz/
AmE
/ˌnek əv ðə 'wʊdz/

phrase, informal - a particular area

 
tip of the iceberg - zlomek, špička ledovce, malá část
BrE
/ˌtɪp əv ði 'aɪsbɜ:g/
AmE
/ˌtɪp əv ði 'aɪsbɜ:rg/

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

 
somewhere down the road - někdy v budoucnu, jednou
BrE
/ˌsʌmweə daʊn ðə 'rəʊd/
AmE
/ˌsʌmwer daʊn ðə 'roʊd/

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

 
off the beaten path - z ruky, stranou, odlehlý
BrE
/ˌɒf ðə ˌbi:tn 'pɑ:θ/
AmE
/ˌɑf: ðə ˌbi:t̬n 'pæθ/

adverb - far away from the places people usually visit

 
icing on the cake - třešnička na dortu
BrE
/ˌaɪsɪŋ ɒn ðə 'keɪk/
AmE
/ˌaɪsɪŋ ɑ:n ðə 'keɪk/

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