lazy Susan - otočný tác, otočný podnos

noun - a rotating tray, usually placed in the center of a table, that makes it easy for people to reach food or other items

 

double Dutch - naprostý nesmysl, totální blábol (něco, co nedává žádný smysl)

noun - speech or writing that is impossible to understand; complete nonsense

 

Swiss army knife - člověk pro všechno, nástroj s mnoha funkcemi, všestranný pomocník

noun - someone or something that is extremely versatile and useful in many different situations

 

Chinese whispers - tichá pošta (přeneseně), překrucování informací, zkreslené předávání zpráv

noun - the process by which information becomes increasingly inaccurate or distorted as it is passed from one person to another

Chinese whispers - tichá pošta (dětská hra)

noun - a game in which a message is whispered from one person to the next in a line, usually becoming increasingly distorted as it is passed along

 

have more holes than Swiss cheese - mít plno nesrovnalostí, mít spoustu nedostatků, mít hodně mezer

verb - to contain many faults, inconsistencies, or weaknesses; to be badly constructed or easy to disprove because of numerous gaps or errors

 

moral - slušný, čestný, korektní (morálně)

adjective - having ideas about what is right and wrong, and trying to do what is right

chicken wire - drátěné pletivo, králičí pletivo, šestihranné pletivo

noun - thin, flexible wire netting with small hexagonal holes, used especially for making fences around areas where chickens or other small animals are kept

 

imposition - obtěžování, přítěž, nepříjemnost, vnucování se

noun, formal - something that is an unfair or unreasonable burden or inconvenience to someone

 

imposition - uvalení, zavedení (např. daně, zákazu, pravidla)

noun - the act of forcing people to accept something such as a rule, law, tax, or belief

flob - flusnout, flusat, plivnout,

verb, British English, informal - to spit

anaesthetize - podat anestezii, podat narkózu, uspat (před operací)

verb - to make someone unable to feel pain, usually by giving them drugs before a medical operation

anaesthetist - anesteziolog, anestezioložka

noun - a doctor or specially trained nurse who gives people anaesthetics before and during medical operations

anaesthesia - anestezie, umrtvení, narkóza

noun - a state in which someone cannot feel pain, usually because of drugs given before a medical operation or procedure

nobility - ušlechtilost, vznešenost (charakteru), šlechetnost

noun - the quality of being noble in character, mind, or spirit; moral goodness