rule of thumb - obecné pravidlo, praktická pomůcka, praktický ukazatel (to, co většinou funguje)

noun - a method of doing or measuring something, based on practical experience

 

make blood boil - vytočit, naštvat, dopálit (někoho), zpěnit krev (někomu)

verb, informal - to make someone extremely angry

 

pain in the neck - otrava, otravný člověk, otravná věc, jako osina v zadku

noun, informal - a person or a thing that is very annoying

 

put your foot down - dupnout si, rázně zasáhnout, učinit přítrž

verb, informal - to say firmly that someone must do something or mustn't do something

 

cost an arm and a leg - stát majlant, stát balík, stát celé mění

verb, informal - to cost a lot of money

 

face the music - čelit kritice, nést následky svého jednání

verb, informal - to accept criticism or punishment for something you have done

 

big mouth - žvanil, kecal, drbna

noun, informal - someone who can't keep a secret

lambkin - jehňátko

noun - a little lamb

 

swirl - kolovat, šířit se (zvěsti, novinky)

verb - to circulate (news, rumours), to be talked about by a lot of people

 

swirl - kroužení, víření, vír

noun - spiralling or twisting movement or pattern

hardening - otužování

noun - the process of becoming resistant to cold weather, imrpoving one's fitness and immunity etc.

hardened - otužilý

adjective - having become resistant to cold weather, having improved one's fitness and immunity

 

hardened - zpevněný, ztvrdlý, ztuhlý

adjective - having become hard

harden - otužit, otužit se, otužovat se

verb - to become resistant to cold weather etc., to improve one's immunity

 

exit poll - volební průzkum (těsně po hlasování)

noun - the activity of asking people how they have just voted to predict the result of the election