from/since time immemorial | for a long time/od niepamiętnych czasów |
take the initiative | be the first person to act/ przejąć inicjatywę |
add insult to injury | make things even worse/dolewać oliwy do ognia |
make inroads into | affect sth negatively/wpływać na coś negatywnie |
to all intents and purposes | practically/praktycznie (o czymś, co teoretycznie nie jest prawdziwe, ale w praktyce można to za p |
in the interests of | in order to achieve a certain aim/w celu osiągnięcia jakiegoś określonego celu |
in the interim | in the meantime/w międzyczasie |
take issue with sb | disagree and star arguing/ |
have/get itchy feet | have a strong desire to travel |
be in jeopardy | be in danger |
in a jiffy | quickly |
jog one's memory | make one remember sth/przypomnieć komuś o czymś |
jump for joy | extremely happy |
reserve judgement on sb/sth | postpone giving an opinion before more is known |
do sb/sth justice | reproduce sth accurately and show how good sth is |
rough justice | unfair treatment |
(be) on an even keel | working steadily |
on a knife-edge | situation when nobody knows what will happen next |
knock sb dead | impress sb greatly |
tie oneself in knots | get confused |
safe in the knowledge | confidently/ z pewnością siebie, z przekonaniem |