patch things up
-popraviti odnos nakon što je bilo problema; popraviti stvari Jackie and Bill are still trying to patch up their marriage. Did you manage to patch things up with Jackie after your row?
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cut a deal
-dogovoriti se oko nečega Maybe we can cut a deal. Let's talk. The two lawyers cut a deal that left me with my car, although she got the house.
The secrets of staying employed
BBC Capital 30th March 2015 The secrets to staying employed When a client calls career consultant Al Stewart looking for some help on finding a secure career, the founder of Business Mentors finds himself laughing a little. “The days of working your entire career at IBM and getting a Rolex at the end are long gone,” said Stewart, in an email. “No career is safe from constant change, re-engineering, global competition, technological obsolescence.” Now more than ever, it is hard to find careers that can be counted on for the long haul. There is a solution, however. Instead of focusing [...]
to hold out an olive branch
-učiniti ili reći nešto kako bi se pomirili s nekime He held out an olive branch to the opposition by releasing 42 political prisoners.
wipe the slate clean
'očistiti ploču', krenuti iz početka tako da se zaborave dotadašnji problemi i pogreške Rogers hoped he could wipe the slate clean and forget about his failed business.
drive a wedge between somebody
-uništiti odnos; stvoriti raskol među nekim It doesn't make sense to let things that happened in the past drive a wedge between us now.
clear as a bell
-jasno 'ko sunce; potpuno jasno
a blessing in disguise
-dobro u lošemu Tony's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise, because he got enough insurance money from the other driver to make a down payment on a house. Dad's illness was a blessing in disguise; it brought the family together for the first time in years.
to take the stand
-svjedočiti I was in court all day, waiting to take the stand. The lawyer asked the witness to take the stand.
to throw someone off one’s game
-izbaciti nekoga iz igre He used it to throw me off my game.
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