Potoczny brytyjski (2011-09)

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to tighten the belt/to pull in one's belt
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to economize/cut spending when times are hard. This concerns nations' economies as well as individuals' personal finances
skin/voice like sandpaper
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a rasping, hoarse, scratchy voice
what's eating you?
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what's troubling/annoying you?
the world at large
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worldwide; to the general public
to have the run of the house
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to have permission to use every room in the house
hands off
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don't inferfere
a slap on the wrist
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a light, inadequate punishment
all the rage
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in vogue, sought-after, trendy
as slippery as an eel
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difficult to trap, corner or catch
to be in a pickle
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to be in a mess or chaotic disarray
to pepper someone with questions
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to ask someone a series of questions in rapid succession
to pass the buck
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o accuse someone else for one's own lack of success
one's Sunday best
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one's finest clothes
to be in stitches
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to laugh so much that one's sides ache
to be/walk on a knife-edge
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to be in the uneasy position of having to satisfy both individuals or groups in a conflict
to work on a shoe string
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to run a business with almost no capital
to pull the wool over someone's eyes
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to deceive, mislead, trick
left, right and centre
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all over (the place), everywhere
at the top of the tree
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at the peak of one's profession
a laughing-stock
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to be the object of derision and laughter
to rake in the money
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to make enormous profits, often very rapidly
a bullet train
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a high speed passenger train
to have a shot
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to attempt something and see how well one fairs
an accent you could cut with a knife
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a very strong accent, which is at once noticeable/recognizable
to have a memory like a sieve
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to have a very poor memory
to have a dirty tongue
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to swear, to use strong language, obscenities etc
like looking for a needle in a haystack
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to search for sth that is impossible to find
to get one's teeth into
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to focus all one's energy on sth, become completely absorbed in sth
to blow the cobwebs away
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to unburden the mind of outdated beliefs

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