be in a hurry - spěchat, být ve spěchu, mít naspěch

verb - to do things very quickly because you don't have enough time

be on a diet - držet dietu

verb - to eat only certain kinds of food or stop eating very much in order to lose weight etc.

be expecting a baby - čekat dítě

phrase, informal - to be pregnant, to be going to have a child

 

be lost on somebody - být nepochopený (někým)

verb - not to be understood by someone

 

be in the closet - nepřiznat sexuální orientaci

verb - not to tell people that you are gay

 

be off the hook - být z obliga

verb, informal - freed from an obligation

 

be for the best - být to tak lepší

verb - be better this way, be the better option

 

be out of line - být neoprávněný, nemít na něco právo

verb, informal - to do something that is not suitable, that you don't have the right to do

 

be guilty as charged - být zcela na vině

verb, informal - to accept that you have made a mistake and it is completely your fault

be under the weather - cítit se pod psa, cítit se mizerně

verb - to feel terrible

 

be in the running - mít naději na vítězství

verb - to have a chance to win

 

be on the spot - být přímo na místě

verb - to be right there (at a particular place)

 

be over the hill - být za zenitem, mít už svá léta, mít nejlepší roky za sebou

verb - to be too old and no longer useful

 

be up their ass - být jim za zadkem

verb, informal - to watch somebody closely; to be very close to somebody

be in two minds - být na vážkách, váhat, nemoci se rozhodnout

verb, British English - to be unable to decide between two things