to make a long story short - abych to zkrátil, abych to nenatahoval

adverb, American English - used when you want to say something only briefly

knock on wood - abych to nezakřikl, musím to zaklepat

phrase, American English - said to avoid bad luck in the future

touch wood - abych to nezakřikl, musím to zaklepat

phrase, British English - said to avoid bad luck in the future

 

fat chance - ani náhodou, (to) sotva, (to) těžko

phrase, informal - used to say that you do not believe that something will happen

 

as much - to (co bylo řečeno), to samé

phrase - the same

 

keep it down - ztlum to, ztiš to, ztiš se

phrase, informal - to be quieter

 

whatever - to je fuk, to je jedno

phrase - a word you say when you don't care about something, when something doesn't matter to you

 

hang in there - držet se, vydržet to, nevzdávat to

verb, informal - to be patient in an unpleasant situation, to hold on, not to give up

 

call it a day - zabalit to, pro dnešek to zabalit

verb, informal - to decide to stop working (especially for the day)

 

rob Peter to pay Paul - vytloukat klín klínem, vyrážet klín klínem, půjčit si na splacení dluhu

verb - to borrow money to be able to pay a debt

 

have a thing about - být zatížený, být vysazený na (něco, někoho)

verb, informal - to like or dislike someone or something very much in a way that seems unreasonable

have a sweet tooth - být na sladké, mít rád sladkosti

verb - to like eating sweet things

have a green thumb - být zahradnický talent, být rozený zahradník

verb, American English - to be good at gardening

 

have a bite of - kousnout si, ukousnout si

verb - to bite off something

 

have what it takes - mít na to, mít co to obnáší

verb - to be capable of doing something with everything it involves