one o'clock in the afternoon - jedna hodina odpoledne

1:00 PM

 

a storm in a teacup - bouře ve sklenici vody (povyk pro nic)

noun, British English - a situation that seems to be serious when it actually isn't

 

a slap in the face - políček do tváře, studená sprcha, rána, facka

noun - something that insults you or upsets you

 

for the life of me - ani za boha

adverb, informal - in no way

 

on top of one's game - v nejlepší formě

phrase - in one's best, in one's best form

 

as a matter of fact - po pravdě řečeno, vlastně, ve skutečnosti

adverb - actually, in fact

 

for the hell of it - jen tak ze srandy, aby byla legrace, pro zábavu

adverb, informal - just for fun, with no particular reason

 

with a grain of salt - s nadhledem, s rezervou

verb - to not completely believe everything that someone says because you think it is unlikely to be true

 

with a pinch of salt - s nadhledem, s rezervou

verb - to not completely believe everything that someone says because you think it is unlikely to be true

 

by the looks of it - jak to tak vypadá, když na to tak koukám

phrase - based on how something seems to be

 

the lesser of two evils - menší zlo, to menší ze dvou zel

phrase - a bad decision etc. that seems better than another bad decision etc.

 

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - lepší vrabec v hrsti, než holub na střeše

phrase - a proverb that says it's better to have something certain that's small than having a potential of having something bigger

 

for all the tea in China - za nic na světě

adverb - for anything, never, under no circumstances

 

look what the cat dragged in - koho to tu máme, kohopak to tu máme

phrase - an expression used to say that you are surprised to see someone

 

like two peas in a pod - podobající se jako vejce vejci, jeden jako druhý

phrase - very similar to each other, almost identical