Darko

(kol.) biti nekome za petama You’d better tread carefully, I’m on to you now. The police are on to us! Everybody run!

(fig.) odigrati na pravu kartu, iskoristiti priliku; nešto dobro odraditi If you play your cards right, you can get whatever you want. She didn’t play her cards well, and she ended up with something less than what she wanted. If I play my cards right, I could be hired as a consultant on that project.

biti načitan  

držati nekoga u neizvjesnosti Tell us what happened. Don’t keep us in a state of suspense. Don’t keep me in suspense!    

biti ushićen/presretan I was tickled pink to have you visit us. We were tickled pink when your flowers arrived. I am tickled pink you could come this evening.

izmaknuti kontroli Things got a little out of hand at the party and three windows were broken. In my first year at college my drinking got a bit out of hand.

biti umišljen/ohol We can’t get on our high horse and judge other countries by our own standards.

“odolijevati zubu vremena” Bill and Nancy just celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Their marriage has stood the test of time. The singer’s work was not popular while she was alive, but it has stood the test of time.

(po)trošiti puno novaca Her hair ought to look good – she spends a small fortune on it.

(fig.) hvatati se za slamku That is not a real solution to the problem. You are just clutching at straws. He’s hoping that this new treatment will help him but I think he’s clutching at straws.  

poštenjačina, dobričina (a person or group of people regarded as the finest of their kind) Everyone else has always thought she was the salt of the earth. Mrs. Jones is the salt of the earth. She is the first to help anyone in trouble. Frank’s mother is the salt of the earth. She has five children