wrap your head around - pochopit (pořádně), vstřebat (informaci)

verb, informal - to understand completely

 

by the skin of your teeth - s odřenýma ušima, jen tak tak

adverb, informal - to succeed only just, to barely manage

 

get something off your chest - vyzpovídat se, ulevit si, shodit ze sebe

verb - to tell someone about something that has been worrying or bothering you for some time in order to make you feel better

 

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

 

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

 

right side up - správnou stranou vzhůru

adverb - not upside down

upside-down - obrácený, obrácený vzhůru nohama

adjective - having the top turned to the bottom

grey - šedá barva

noun - the color of an elephant or a mouse, it's something between white and black