strike a chord (with someone)
-podsjetiti na nešto; biti poznato Her biography struck a chord with quite a few elderly people who had had a similar experience.
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Idiomi i fraze
Česti engleski idiomi i fraze
strike out on one’s own
započeti nešto samostalno I couldn’t get along with my business partner, so I decided to strike out on my own.
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strike up a friendship
započeti prijateljstvo I struck up a friendship with John while we were on a business trip together. If you’re lonely, you should go out and try to strike up a friendship with someone you like.
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strive to do sth
boriti se da se nešto postigne She strove very hard to do what she had set out to do. Please strive to do it as best you can.
swallow one’s pride
-progutati/pogaziti ponos I had to swallow my pride and admit that I was wrong. When you’re trying to master a new skill, you find yourself swallowing your pride quite often. He swallowed his pride and called his daughter to apologize. I swallowed my pride and asked for a second chance.
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sweating with shame
oznojiti se od stida “propadati u zemlju” od srama He was standing there sweating with shame.
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sweep someone off their feet
-oboriti koga s nogu, oduševiti koga She was hoping that some glamorous young Frenchman would come along and sweep her off her feet.
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sweep something under the carpet
mesti ispod tepiha, ne suočavati se s problemima
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sweeten the pill
-učiniti nešto što je jako loše ili neugodno lakšim za izdržati The bosses are giving everyone an extra 10% bonus this Christmas, but I suspect it’s a way of sweetening the pill that there will be massive pay cuts in January.
swindle someone out of something
-prevariti nekoga The crooks tried to swindle her out of her inheritance. The crooks swindled $3,000 out of the old woman.
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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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tackle petty corruption
-pozabaviti se sitnom korupcijom The UK government is not doing enough to tackle “petty corruption” in countries to which it gives aid.
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