ultimate
ultimate - vrchol, to nejlepší z
BrE
/'ʌltɪmət/
AmE
/'ʌltɪmət/

noun - the best of something

knock on wood
knock on wood - abych to nezakřikl, musím to zaklepat
BrE
/ˌnɒk ɒn'wʊd/
AmE
/ˌnɑ:k ɑ:n'wʊd/

phrase, American English - said to avoid bad luck in the future

touch wood
touch wood - abych to nezakřikl, musím to zaklepat
BrE
/ˌtʌtʃ 'wʊd/
AmE
/ˌtʌtʃ 'wʊd/

phrase, British English - said to avoid bad luck in the future

 
bravely - statečně
BrE
/'breɪvli/
AmE
/'breɪvli/

adverb - fearlessly, with no fear

intrepidly
intrepidly - neohroženě, statečně, nebojácně
BrE
/ɪn'trepɪdli/
AmE
/ɪn'trepɪdli/

adverb - bravely, without fear

 
clean as a whistle - čistý jako ze škatulky
BrE
/ˌkli:n əz ə 'wɪsl/
AmE
/ˌkli:n əz ə 'wɪsl/

adjective, informal - remarkably clean

 
as old as the hills - starý jako Metuzalém, starý jako lidstvo samo
BrE
/æz ˌəʊld æz ðə 'hɪlz/
AmE
/æz ˌoʊld æz ðə 'hɪlz/

phrase - extremely old

 
plain as day - jasný, zřetelný, jasný jak facka
BrE
/pleɪn æz 'deɪ/
AmE
/pleɪn æz 'deɪ/

adjective, informal - apparent and easily understandable from the clues given

 
happy as a clam - šťastný jako blecha
BrE
/ˌhæpi æz ə 'klæm/
AmE
/ˌhæpi æz ə 'klæm/

adjective, American English - very happy, thrilled

 
as common as dirt - jak much, jak vší
BrE
/æz ˌkɒmən æz 'dɜət/
AmE
/æz ˌkɑ:mən æz 'dɜ:rt/

phrase, informal - very common, very frequent

 
be sick as a dog - zvracet jak Alík, zvracet jak protrženej
BrE
/bi: ˌsɪk æz ə 'dɒg/
AmE
/bi: ˌsɪk æz ə 'dɑ:g/

verb, informal - to feel nauseous, to feel extremely sick

 
disco - disko
BrE
/'dɪskəʊ/
AmE
/'dɪskoʊ/

noun - a music genre popular mainly in 1960s and 1970s

 
dodo - dodo
BrE
/'dəʊdəʊ/
AmE
/'doʊdoʊ/

noun - an extinct bird that had a long beak, long feathers, and could not fly

 
as dead as the dodo - vymřelý, zaniklý, pasé
BrE
/æz ˌded æz ðə 'dəʊdəʊ/
AmE
/æz ˌded æz ðə 'doʊdoʊ/

phrase, informal - no longer existing; no longer favoured

pair
pair - spárovat, udělat dvojici
BrE
/'peə/
AmE
/'peər/

verb - to join two people or things together to make a pair