ice skating
ice skating - (lední) bruslení
BrE
/'aɪs ˌskeɪtɪŋ/
AmE
/'aɪs ˌskeɪt̬ɪŋ/

noun - the activity or sport of moving on ice wearing ice-skates

have a bun in the oven
have a bun in the oven - být v tom, čekat dítě
BrE
/hæv ə 'bʌn ɪn ði: ˌʌvən/
AmE
/hæv ə 'bʌn ɪn ði: ˌʌvən/

verb, informal - to be pregnant

Scotch
Scotch - skotská (whisky)
BrE
/'skɒtʃ/
AmE
/'skɑ:tʃ/

noun - a type of whisky made in Scotland

 
cry over spilt milk - brečet nad rozlitým mlíkem
BrE
/ˌkraɪ əʊvə ˌspɪlt 'mɪlk/
AmE
/ˌkraɪ oʊvər ˌspɪlt 'mɪlk/

verb, British English - to regret something that has already happened and you cannot do anything about

 
line - řada, sada, série
BrE
/'laɪn/
AmE
/'laɪn/

noun - a type of product

 
with a pinch of salt - s nadhledem, s rezervou
BrE
/wɪð ə ˌpɪntʃ əv 'sɔlt/
AmE
/wɪð ə ˌpɪntʃ əv 'sɑ:lt/

verb - to not completely believe everything that someone says because you think it is unlikely to be true

 
walk on eggshells - chodit po špičkách, opatrně našlapovat
BrE
/ˌwɔ:k ɒn 'egʃelz/
AmE
/ˌwɑ:k ɑ:n 'egʃelz/

verb - being very careful not to do anything wrong

 
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