when hell freezes over
(syn.) pigs might fly – nikada, (kol.) “kad na vrbi rodi grožđe” (syn.) not in a million years – nikada, (kol.) “kad na vrbi rodi grožđe”
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Idiomi i fraze
Česti engleski idiomi i fraze
where there’s muck there’s money
-ono što nitko neće raditi, tamo ima zarade (također: Where there’s muck, there’s brass.) Decorating’s a messy job, but where there’s muck, there’s brass.
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whistle-blower
koji odaje (poslovnu) tajnu, “zviždač” Whistle blowers identify and report white-collar crimes.
whistle-blower
“zviždač”; onaj koji odaje tajnu Izgovor (a person who tells police, reporters, etc., about something (such as a crime) that has been kept secret)
white-collar
(adj.) kancelarijski white-collar worker – službenik, činovnik white-collar crime – (prav.) pronevjera na radnom mjestu
win the seat back
-vratiti nazad izgubljeno mjesto/’stolac’ The Conservatives are “absolutely determined” to win back the Rochester and Strood parliamentary seat at next year’s general election.
wipe the floor with someone
-obrisati pod s kim; pobijediti nekoga also mop the floor with somebody (American) Alex is always really good in a debate, she’ll wipe the floor with them.
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wipe the slate clean
‘očistiti ploču’, krenuti iz početka tako da se zaborave dotadašnji problemi i pogreške Rogers hoped he could wipe the slate clean and forget about his failed business.
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wish away
-željeti da nešto nestane Just as fear at the top cannot be wished away, it needn’t incapacitate any leader, man or woman. It comes with the territory, and that’s just the way it is.
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.
with abandon
-an action done without concern or an action done carelessly The kids were splashing on paint with abandon.
within an ace of
zamalo, “za dlaku” I came within an ace of getting into an accident. We were within an ace of beating the all-time record. We were within a hair’s breadth of beating the all-time record.
within spitting distance of something
-vrlo blizu, na dva-tri koraka, iza ugla The house is within spitting distance of the sea.
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