the mask has slipped
-pale su maske; razotkrila se čija prava narav His mask had suddenly slipped, and she saw him as the angry and cruel man that he really was.
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Idiomi i fraze
Česti engleski idiomi i fraze
The sky’s the limit
-Samo nebo je granica “Then good luck, and remember the sky’s the limit.”
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the straw that breaks the camel’s neck
(fig.) kap koja je prelila čašu Losing my job was bad enough but having the relationship end like that was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
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the villain of the piece
(šalj.) dežurni krivac Izgovor villain
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the way things are
(kol.) kako stvari sada stoje The way things are going, soon most people will be working at home.
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The winning edge
-koncept pobjedničke oštrice One of the most important concepts ever discovered in the field of human performance is called the “winning edge concept.” This concept or principle, states that, “small differences in ability can translate into enormous differences in results.” What it means is that if you become just a little bit better in certain
The world is one’s oyster
-cijeli svijet je tvoj; nema ti kraja I feel like the world is my oyster today.
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there are plenty more fish in the sea
(there are other fish in the sea) -nije on/ona jedini/a na svijetu Don’t cry over Pierre – there are plenty more fish in the sea.
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there’s no accounting for tastes
o ukusima se ne raspravlja
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think on one’s feet
-‘misliti s nogu’, razmišljati bez prethodne pripreme (pred publikom, nekim tko sluša) She really thinks on her feet well. I am not able to think on my feet too well before a bunch of people.
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think on your feet
misliti u hodu; brzo donijeti odluku I’d never heard about the firm before, so I had to think on my feet.
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think the world of someone
-obožavati nekoga; diviti se nekome He’s an excellent doctor. His patients all think the world of him.
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