Izraz pomeni prenehati napadati oziroma kritizirati nekoga. Please, call off the dogs. I apologize for what I have done.

Izraz uporabimo, ko poimenujemo denarne prihranke, ki jih hranimo za prihodnost. The stock market has given me good returns and helped me build a nest…

Izraz uporabimo, ko ciljamo na očiten problem, o katerem pogovora se vsi izogibajo. The fact that his 35-year-old brother was still living with his parents…

Izraz uporabimo, če hočemo povedati, da se določena stvar popolnoma razlikuje od neke druge. Learning English is one thing, but learning Chinese is a horse…

Izraz pomeni soočiti se z realnostjo oziroma okoliščinami, ki so večinoma neprijetne. »You didn’t study hard enough. You should face the music – you will…

Izraz uporabimo, ko hočemo nekomu povedati, naj misli s svojo glavo, logično in razumno. Come on, you know the answer! Use your noodle!

Izraz pomeni, da je nekdo ali nekaj poln nesmisla oziroma traparij. Oh shut up already, you are full of hot air. I don’t believe a…

Izraz pomeni oklevati glede nečesa, ne biti prepričan. He wanted to enter the competition but at the very last minute he got cold feet.

Izraz obarvan z neiskrenostjo, ironijo pomeni, da nekaj rečemo ali zapišemo v hecu, ne da bi mislili resno, čeprav pogosto tako delujemo. He made some…

Izraz pomeni, da bomo ponudbo, katero smo trenutno zavrnili, sprejeli kasneje. I can’t go bowling tonight, I have some work to finish, but I’ll take a…