be up against
-if you are up against a situation, a person, or a group of people, they make it very difficult for you to achieve what you want to achieve He was up against fantastic odds – he never stood a chance of winning.
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be up to sth
1 biti dorastao nečemu; biti dobar za nešto He's not up to the job; get someone else. 2 raditi nešto potajno, krivo... What are those kids up to?
kick off
-započeti What time does the game kick off?
come in for
-biti izložen kriticizmu ili krivnji The director has come in for a lot of criticism over his handling of the affair.
The ball is in your court
-Potez je na tebi; na tebi je da odlučiš Which direction will you go from here? The ball is in your court.
pull one’s punches
-povući se; udarati slabijom snagom; suzdržavati se The boxer started pulling his punches, and the ref ended the fight.
go green
-usvojiti ekološke navike, prijateljske za okoliš After watching that documentary, Sandra decided to go green and start carpooling to work.
double up with laughter
-previjati se od smijeha We all just doubled up with laughter.
play a prank on someone/play a trick on someone
raditi (komu) nepodopštine, "zezati" koga Somebody played a trick on me by hiding my shoes. The little boys planned to play a trick on their teacher by turning up the heat in the classroom.
‘blood is thicker than water’
"Krv nije voda!"
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