All’s well that ends well.
-sve je dobro što se dobro završi The groom was late for the wedding, but everything worked out all right. All's well that ends well.
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swindle someone out of something
-prevariti nekoga The crooks tried to swindle her out of her inheritance. The crooks swindled $3,000 out of the old woman.
palm off
-prevariti, podmetnuti They palmed off cheap wine at high prices by putting it in fancy bottles. She produced fake stamps and palmed them off as genuine.
foist (off) on one
-uvaliti nekome nešto -foist is defined as to pass something off as valuable when it is not, or to trick someone into having or doing something they don't want. An example of foist is to advertise a car as in perfect condition when it has bad brakes; to foist the car off on the buyer. An example of foist is to get an approval by a committee on an agreement in which changes have been secretly made without the knowledge of the committee members; to foist the approval off on the committee
sell someone a bill of goods
-podvaliti nekome nešto, podmetnuti, prevariti Don't pay any attention to what John says. He's just trying to sell you a bill of goods. I'm not selling you a bill of goods. What I say is true.
one’s future looks bright.
-netko ima svijetlu budućnost Tom's future looks bright and he will do well if he keeps working hard.
miss out
-propustiti; izostaviti; previdjeti By leaving early you missed out on the celebrations.
take office
preuzeti dužnost When will the new President take office? Next month a new president—Enrique Peña Nieto—will take office, and many pray that the violence will ease. As he prepares to take office, the ongoing economic collapse worsens.
bete noire
bauk; noćna mora; omražena osoba/stvar The new candidate for governor is the bête noire of all the liberals in the state.
head-to-head competition
-competing or meeting directly with someone or something else The two stores are in head-to-head competition.
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