keep one's ear to the ground | nadstawiać uszu | |
play it by ear | zobaczyć jak się potoczy, improwizować | |
turn a deaf ear to sth | udawać, że się nie słyszy czegoś | |
live from hand to mouth | żyć z dnia na dzień, klepać biedę | |
get out of hand | wymknąć się spod kontroli | |
to hand sth | to admit sth | |
fall head over heels in love | być zakochanym po uszy | |
walk with one's head in the clouds | chodzić z głową w chmurach | |
to have a good head on one's shoulders | mieć głowę na karku | |
set one's heart on sth | chcieć czegoś bardzo mocno | |
to have heart in the right place | być dobrą osobą | |
one's heart sink | to be scared | |
to cost an arm and a leg | very expensive | |
as long as one's arm | very long | |
twist sb's arm | force sb to do sth | |
to have sth at the back of one's mind | w podświadomości | |
(put T-shirt) back to front | tył do przodu | |
to back away from sth | wycofać się z czegoś | |
to be on one's last legs | ledwo się trzymać na nogach, byś na wykończeniu | |
not have a leg to stand on in an argument | have nothing to say | |
stretch one's legs | wyciągnąć nogi (iść na spacer po długim siedzeniu) | |
go down one's spine | ciarki przeszły po plecach | |
to have a spine to do sth | to have the guts | |
a spine of the cactus | kolec od kaktusa | |
blouse with low neck | wydekoltowana bluzka | |
to be up to one's neck in debt | być zasypanym w długach | |
to risk one's neck to help sb | ryzykować własną głowę | |
keep an eye on sth | pilnować czegoś | |
to have a good eye for sth | mieć dobre oko do czegoś | |
to see eye to eye on sth with sb | zgadzać się z kimś | |
to make a long face | zrobić smutny wyraz twarzy | |
come face to face with | stanąc w obliczu kogoś/czegoś | |
to keep straight face | mieć kamienną twarz | |
to be fighting fit | to be extremely healthy | |
as right as rain | completely healthy, especially after an illness | |
to feel run down | to feel tired and unhealthy | |
to look the picture of health | to be in a very good health | |
to be given a clean bill of health | to be told oficially that you are in good health | |
to look like death warmed up | to look very tired or ill | |
not right in the head | to be mentally ill, crazy | |
still going strong | still active and in good health | |
to be up and about | to be well enough to walk about after you have been ill or injured | |
hanging by a thread | to be in a very dangerous situation close to death | |
to take a turn for the worse/better | to become worse/better | |
to feel under the weather | to feel slightly ill, not to be as well as usual | |
to recharge one's batteries | to get back your strength and energy again | |
to feel below par / not to be up to par | to feel a little ill or lacking in energy | |
to catch a cold | to become ill with a cold | |
to feel out of depth | not feeling very well | |
to have one foot in the grave | to be very old or ill | |
to lay sb to rest | to bury sb | |