tatjanalekic

-napokon pristati na nešto Finally, she came around to painting the kitchen.

-'sljedeći' (npr za raspravu na sudu) The judge had to postpone some of the cases on the docket.

-nema utjecaja jer su 'perje patke otporna na vodu' Insults rolled off John like water off a duck's back.

-sjediti sa strane; ne sudjelovati u nečemu The majority of Western countries decided to stay on the sidelines during the crisis.

-'uznemiriti medvjeda'; prouzročiti negativnu reakciju Employee 1: "Should I ask the boss for a day off?" Employee 2: "He just found out his wife left him, so don't poke the bear."

-ljut, uvrijeđen Man, there is no reason to get so bent out of shape. I didn't mean any harm.

-uznemiriti nekoga tako da se upetljamo u dio posla koji je njegova odgovornost I'd like to make some changes to the working procedures, but I don't want to step on anyone's toes.

-to work long hours without rest; working late into the night and beginning again early in the morning (ubijati se od rada) I've been burning the candle at both ends trying to finish this paper.

-teški udarci (životni); poteškoće  

-imati džoker u rukavu (ideju ili plan) If I know Mark he'll have one or two tricks up his sleeve.