big picture - širší souvislosti, širší kontext, globální hledisko
BrE
/ˌbɪg 'pɪktʃə/
AmE
/ˌbɪg 'pɪktʃər/

noun - an overall view; the whole situation

 
sell like hot cakes - jít na dračku, jít na odbyt, prodávat se
BrE
/ˌsel laɪk ˌhɒt 'keɪks/
AmE
/ˌsel laɪk ˌhɑ:t 'keɪks/

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

 
bad egg - budižkničemu, nemehlo, moula
BrE
/'bæd ˌeg/
AmE
/'bæd ˌeg/

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

 
chalk and cheese - nebe a dudy, jako nebe a dudy, úplně odlišný
BrE
/ˌtʃɔ:k ən 'tʃi:z/
AmE
/ˌtʃɑ:k ən 'tʃi:z/

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

 
butterfingers - nemehlo, nešika
BrE
/'bʌtəfɪngəz/
AmE
/'bʌt̬ərfɪŋgərz/

noun, informal - a person who drops things

 
icing on the cake - třešnička na dortu
BrE
/ˌaɪsɪŋ ɒn ðə 'keɪk/
AmE
/ˌaɪsɪŋ ɑ:n ðə 'keɪk/

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

 
a piece of cake - hračka, brnkačka, snadná věc
BrE
/əˌpi:s əv'keɪk/
AmE
/əˌpi:s əv'keɪk/

noun, informal - something that is very easy to do

strain
strain - cedit, přecedit, scedit, slít vodu
BrE
/'streɪn/
AmE
/'streɪn/

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
BrE
/hæv bɪgə ˌfɪʃ tə 'fraɪ/
AmE
/hæv bɪgər ˌfɪʃ tə 'fraɪ/

verb - to have more important problems to deal with

ice-filled
ice-filled - ledem naplněný
BrE
/'aɪsˌfɪld/
AmE
/'aɪsˌfɪld/

adjective - filled with ice

 
accuse of - obvinit, nařknout z
BrE
/ə'kju:z əv/
AmE
/ə'kju:z əv/

verb - to say that someone is guilty of doing something bad

 
put the blame on - svalit vinu na, házet vinu na, obviňovat (koho)
BrE
/ˌpʊt ðə 'bleɪm ɒn/
AmE
/ˌpʊt ðə 'bleɪm ɑ:n/

verb - to blame someone or something

 
blame on - vinit, obvinit, obviňovat, svalovat vinu na
BrE
/'bleɪm ˌɒn/
AmE
/'bleɪm ˌɑ:n/

verb - to assign responsibility for something on someone

 
sow - vyvolat, podnítit, způsobit
BrE
/'səʊ/
AmE
/'soʊ/

verb - to spread ideas or feelings, especially unpleasant ones

 
in a way - svým způsobem, v jistém smyslu, do jisté míry
BrE
/ɪn ə 'weɪ/
AmE
/ɪn ə 'weɪ/

phrase - in a particular manner, to some extent