an eager beaver
radoholičar; pretjerano revna osoba
an old flame
-stara vatra I bumped into an old flame of yours in Oxford on Saturday.
and so forth
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Any port in a storm
-u stanju hitnosti svako rješenje je dobro I don't like staying with my mother-in-law, but I have no choice until the builders have finished working on my apartment. Any port in a storm, you know.
apple of one’s eye
zjenica nečijeg oka, nešto vrlo dragocjeno
apple-pie order
vrlo uredno posloženo, uređeno The house was in apple -pie order.
around every corner
-na svakom koraku
around the clock
syn round the clock non-stop, dan-noć He studied round the clock to pass that exam
around the corner
nešto što će uskoro doći ili se dogoditi The fortune teller told Jane that there was an adventure for her just around the corner
arrive at the scene
-stići na mjesto događanja Fishing and other commercial vessels appeared to rescue many passengers before emergency teams arrived at the scene.
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