be off one’s beat
(fig.) biti na nepoznatom terenu
Opći engleski
-biti u dobrim odnosima s nekim We were always on good terms with our neighbours.
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-biti na svom terenu; odlično vladati kakvom materijom …a company that never expected to be challenged on its home ground of software development.
-biti na nečijoj ‘zlatnoj’ listi (miljenik ste) Does your boss play favourites? If you aren’t on your boss’s golden list, sure it’s annoying because chances are you won’t be given what you need to do your job.
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-biti na nivou; biti OK, biti pouzdan, biti pošten The offer seems too good to be true. Are you quite sure the man’s on the level?
-samo što se nije desilo; upravo ćemo nešto učiniti As we were on the point of giving up hope, a letter arrived. She was so tired that she was on the point of collapse.
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-‘padati s nogu’, biti jako umoran I’d just done fifteen miles and I was on my last legs.
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(kol.) biti nekome za petama You’d better tread carefully, I’m on to you now. The police are on to us! Everybody run!
-ne imati znanje, iskustvo niti vještine za određenu situaciju/stvar Kovac said: ‘I must say the referee was completely out of his depth.
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