big picture - širší souvislosti, širší kontext, globální hledisko

noun - an overall view; the whole situation

 

sell like hot cakes - jít na dračku, jít na odbyt, prodávat se

verb, informal - to be sold rapidly or in great numbers

 

bad egg - budižkničemu, nemehlo, moula

noun, dated - a person who is unreliable, unpleasant and behaves badly

 

chalk and cheese - nebe a dudy, jako nebe a dudy, úplně odlišný

phrase, British English - two people or things that are entirely different from each other

 

butterfingers - nemehlo, nešika

noun, informal - a person who drops things

 

icing on the cake - třešnička na dortu

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

 

a piece of cake - hračka, brnkačka, snadná věc

noun, informal - something that is very easy to do

strain - cedit, přecedit, scedit, slít vodu

verb - to separate the liquid part from the solid part by pouring it through something with very small holes in it

 

have bigger fish to fry - mít jiné starosti, mít důležitější věci na práci

verb - to have more important problems to deal with

ice-filled - ledem naplněný

adjective - filled with ice

 

take away - odnést, odvézt, dát pryč, vzít pryč

verb - to put something somewhere else

 

get the word across - rozšířit informaci, dát vědět (o)

verb - to spread the information; let other people know about something

 

get through to - rozumět si s (někým), pochopit (někdo něco)

verb - to have someone understand you, to communicate successfully

 

die of - zemřít na (nemoc), zemřít (jak)

verb - to die because of something

you bet - (to) si piš, jistě, no jasně

phrase, informal - used to emphasize that someone has guessed something right