kerb clawler | mężczyzna zaczepiający prostytutki z samochodu |
mole | szpieg |
rough diamond | nieoszlifowany diament |
big shot | an important or influential person. |
brick | a very helpful and kind person who can be trusted: |
busybody | wścibski |
chatterbox | gaduła |
dab hand | someone who is very good at a particular activity: |
dark horse | przypadkowy zwycięzca na wyścigach |
diehard | zagorzały |
fence | a person who buys and sells stolen goods |
gate crasher | osoba która przyszła niezaproszona na przyjęcie |
grass | a person, usually a criminal, who tells the police about other criminals' activities |
grass widow | a woman who spends a lot of time apart from her partner, often because he or she is working in a dif |
guinea pig | a person used in a scientific test, usually to discover the effect of a drug on humans: |
lame duck | an unsuccessful person or thing |
landlubber | a person who has little knowledge or experience of ships and travelling by sea |
old maid | a woman who is not married or has not had a sexual relationship and is not now young |
scab | łamistrajk someone who takes the place of a worker who is striking (= joining in an organized refus |
skinflift | a person who is unwilling to spend money: |
slavedriver | a person who makes other people work very hard: |
smart aleck | someone who tries to appear smart or who answers questions in a funny way that annoys other people |
soft touch | someone who you can easily persuade to do what you want |
sponger | a person who gets money, food, etc. from other people, especially in order to live without working |
swot | to study hard, usually by reading about or learning something, especially before taking an exam |
tout | a person who touts tickets (konik) |
underdog | a person or group of people with less power, money, etc. than the rest of society: |
wet blanket | a person who says or does something that stops other people enjoying themselves |
whizz kid | a young person who is very clever and successful: |