know sb/sth inside out
detaljno nekoga/nešto poznavati; znati pojedinosti o nekomu/nečemu He knows the system inside out.
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know sb by sight
znati/poznavati (nekoga) iz viđenja I’ve never spoken to him, but I know him by sight.
swings and roundabouts ( what you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts)
dobre i loše strane nečega If you make more money, you have to pay more tax, so what we gain on the swings, we lose on the roundabouts. It’s swings and roundabouts, really. If you save money by buying a house out of town, you pay more to travel to work.
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get into the swing of something
uklopiti se, ući u štos I was just getting into the swing of things when they transferred me to another department. I hadn’t worked in an office for a few years and it took me a while to get back into the swing of it.
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bottle out
(kol.) odustati, predomisliti se I was going to enter a belly-dancing contest, but I bottled out at the last minute.
vacancy
slobodna soba; upražnjeno radno mjesto (for); (fig.) odsutnost; praznina, pustoš There is a vacancy for a shop assistant on Saturdays. William needs a holiday job. I wonder if the hotel has a vacancy / any vacancies. Lauren wanted to book a hotel room in July but there were no vacancies. I am sorry to hear that I am no longer being
pull one’s (own) weight
potegnuti (u poslu i sl.); upregnuti snage, obavljati svoj dio posla We have a small organization, so we all must pull our own weight. Me and my brother are expected to pull our own weight around the house.
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wishy-washy
(slang) neodlučan; nejasan; izblijeđen (boje) syn. watery wishy-washy coffee – “tanka” (slaba) kava He is just so wishy washy because he won’t tell that girl what he wants in their relationship.
get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick
(kol.) pogrešno shvatiti situaciju Her friend saw us arrive at the party together and got hold of the wrong end of the stick. I said how nice he was and Julie got the wrong end of the stick and thought I wanted to go out with her.
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