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It’s like pulling teeth

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Something is really difficult and unwanted

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Fair point well made

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Good argument

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Keep your hair on

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To tell sb to stop being upset or angry

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To pull sb’s leg

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To trick sb

To fool sb

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An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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Je zdrave mit vyvazenou stravu

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A rolling stone gathers no moss

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Kdyz se budes hybat, nebudes fat

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When in Rome, ( do as the Romans do)

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Kdyz jsi nekde v cizi zemi, chovej se jak oni

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as the saying goes…”idiom…”

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Jak se rika….

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blood is thicker than water

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Rodina je dulezitejsi nez cokoliv jineho

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I’m not made of glass

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Nejsem z curku

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Variety is the spice of life

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Diversity makes life interesting

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12
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I could murder a cup of tea

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I really want to eat or drink something

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13
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First things first

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Pekne poporadku

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14
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I died a thousand deaths

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I suffered

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you don’t have a brain you were born with

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You are not thinking

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16
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we are cut from the same cloth

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We have the similar qualities to someone or something

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17
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To broaden your horizons

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Rozsirit sve obzory

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18
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I have sweet tooth

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Mam mlsny jakyk

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19
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He woke up on the wrong side of bed

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Spatne se probudil

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20
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What’s it to you?

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used to tell someone angrily that something does not concern them

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21
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i’ll let sleeping dogs lie

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to ignore a problem because trying to deal with it could cause an even more difficult situation

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22
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I’m all ears

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ready to pay attention to what someone has to say

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23
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make yourself at home

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to relax and make yourself comfortable in someone else’s home

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24
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What is eating him?

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Co ho zere?

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25
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To sit on the fence

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To delay making decisions

Byt nerozhodny

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26
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—used to say that the people who arrive earliest get served or treated before the people who arrive later

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first come, first served

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-To shock or frighten someone very suddenly and/or severely

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you scared me half to death

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28
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-to become calm and behave normally again after being angry or upset

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pull yourself together

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29
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-sth. happens when you are not expecting it or when you are not prepared for it.

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to take someone by surprise

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30
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-To pay (someone) a very paltry or minuscule amount; to pay the absolute minimum amount necessary.

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To pay (someone) peanuts

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31
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-Something is from beginning to end

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From go to whoa

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32
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Lézt na nervy

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It’s getting on my nerves

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33
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Pravý opak

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The exact opposite

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34
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A risk-taker (n.)
Or
Sb who is risk-averse (adj.)

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To take risks
or
to play it safe

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35
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Bez prace nejsou kolace

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No pain, no gain
No guts (odvaha), no glory (slava)
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36
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Za kazdym problémem je něco pozitivního, naděje

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Every cloud has a silver lining.

There is light at the end of the tunnel.

37
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Narodit se do bohate rodiny

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To be born with a silver spoon in sb mouth

38
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Být šťastný

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To be over the moon
To be in 7th heaven
To be on cloud 9

39
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To have a go at sb

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To provoke sb in the hope they will react

40
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a liar and a thief

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= sb whome you cannot trust

41
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To feel out of one’s depth

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When you are in an entirely new situation and you have no knowledge or experience to help you

42
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To be off the beaten track

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To be far away from the crowds and touristy places ( it is positive)

43
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If ifs and buts were candies and nuts, we’d all have a merry merry Christmas

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Kdyby jsme netvořili stále exuses, bylo by vše jednodušší

44
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No ifs ands or buts

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Zadne vymluvy

45
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To have the no courage to do something

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you DON’T have the balls

46
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= If you don’t know it, pretend you know it

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-Fake it till you make it

47
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how, what, why, etc. on earth…

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-used when you are extremely surprised, confused, or angry about something:

How on earth did this happen?

48
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someone who is uncomfortable in a specific situation

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-to feel like a fish out of water

49
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Australian slang meaning “from beginning to end”

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-from go to whoa

50
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=You have everything you need to accomplish your task

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-( There’s) Nothing to it but to do it

51
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?

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-keep on keeping on

52
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An expression used to express self pity. If something unfortunate (even if the thing is small or insignificant) has happened to you, you say ‘poor me’. It is most commonly used sarcastically

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-poor me

53
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My intuitions, instincts tell me

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I feel it in my bones

54
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To get the hang of sth/doing sth

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= get used to/ learn to/ become familiar with

55
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To get a (real) kick out of sth

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=receive enjoyment/pleasure

56
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Platí stále zítřejší oběd?

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Are we still on?

We still on?

Are we still on for tomorrow?

You still up for lunch tomorrow?

57
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Be running behind

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Be late

58
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To rack sb’s brains

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Trying to remember sth or making a great effort to think of sth

Meg racked her brains for inspiration

59
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Mam to na jazyku

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It’s on the tip of my tongue

60
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Zaklepat na drevo pro stesti

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Touch wood

61
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get it into/through one’s thick skull/head

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=To finally accept sth, that you hadn’t for a long time

=finally understand

62
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To beat around the bush

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To talk about lots of unimportant things to avoid talking about what is really important
(Chodit kolem horke kase)

63
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To talk a mile a minute

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To speak in a very quick or hurried manner, very fast

64
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To go round in circles

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To waste one’s time and energy engaging in trivial, aimless activities and failing to make any progress as a result

65
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To put it in a nutshell

Long story short

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Strucne receno

66
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To labour the point

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to try too hard to express an idea, feeling, or opinion, repeating it when this is not necessary:
Eg.
Look, there’s no need to labour the point - I made a mistake - I admit it!

67
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To stumble over my words

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To have difficulty saying something clearly or correctly

68
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To lose the thread

To lose my train of thought

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be unable to follow what someone is saying or remember what one is going to say next

Eg.

Sorry, can you back up? I lost the thread when you started talking about genes

69
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To have cravings

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Mít chute

70
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To lost track of sth or sb

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=If you lose track of someone or something, you no longer know where they are or what is happening.

71
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To spread the word

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=to communicate a message to a lot of people: We’ve arranged a meeting for next Thursday so if you see anyone do spread the word. Announcing, informing & stating.

72
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To have a mountain of something/mountains of something

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= a very large pile or amount of something

73
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It makes my hair stand on end

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=to make someone very frightened.

The thought of jumping out of a plane makes my hair stand on end.

74
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Murphy’s law

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= the principle that if it is possible for something to go wrong, it will go wrong

75
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To do sth to your heart’s content

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Dělat do sytosti

76
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Man proposes, God disposes

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Člověk míní, život mění

77
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A necessary evil

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Nutné zlo

78
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It’s like chalk and cheese

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Je to jak nebe a dudy

79
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If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen

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Kdo se boji, nesmi do lesa

80
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Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

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Darovanemu koni na zuby nekoukej

81
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Everything in moderation

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Nic se nemá přehánět

82
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To be worried sick

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To be extremely anxious

83
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Man proposes, God disposes

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Clovek míní, život mění

84
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To eat the cost of something

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To pay the cost of failure

85
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To plant a seed in someone’s head

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It’s used figuratively to mean something like “to hint at an idea”

86
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Turn it around on me

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To turn something around on someone is a type of manipulation where something (e.g. an insult, blame) is being projected on someone else.

87
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Take out someone’s anger on someone

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to treat someone badly because you are upset or angry, even if they have done nothing wrong: I know you’ve had a bad day, but you don’t have to take it out on me!

88
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Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree

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Neni nejostrejsi tuzka v penale

89
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Looking for a needle in the haystack 😅

A

Hledat jehlu v kupce sena

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