run the show
rukovoditi nečim; (fig.) imati glavnu riječ Although the new president of our club has not taken office yet, she's running the show already.
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alternative medicine
alternativna medicina (=A variety of health care practices, such as homeopathy, naturopathy, and Reiki, whose tenets often differ from those of main stream medicine and are not generally taught in conventional medical schools.)
at all costs
pod svaku cijenu We must prevent disaster at all costs.
assisted death
potpomognuta smrt (=a form of euthanasia in which an individual expressing a wish to die prematurely is helped to accomplish that goal by another person, either by counseling and/or by providing a poison or other lethal instrument. The assisted death may be regarded as a homicide or suicide by local authorities, and the person giving assistance may be held responsible for the death.)
bottle up
potiskivati u sebe Let's talk about it, John. You shouldn't bottle it up. Don't bottle up your problems. It's better to talk them out. Don't bottle it up inside you. Don't bottle up all your feelings.
paint the town red (informal)
lumpovati (po lokalima) Jack finished his exams today so he's gone out to paint the town red. They were out painting the town red last night.
to drain to the very dregs
-ispiti do dna
it’s swings and roundabouts
-na mostu izgubiš, na ćupriji dobiješ also: what you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts If you make more money, you have to pay more tax, so what we gain on the swings, we lose on the roundabouts. It's swings and roundabouts, really. If you save money by buying a house out of town, you pay more to travel to work.
paint a rosy picture
-opisati situaciju lijepom He painted a rosy picture of family life.
paint a bleak picture
-opisati situaciju kao beznadnom (lošom) The article paints a bleak picture of the future.
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