‘blood is thicker than water’
"Krv nije voda!"
‘elevator pitch’
-brz i jezgrovit argument/priča kojom (60-90 sekundi) za uvjeriti investitora u vašu poslovnu ideju The most important point when giving an elevator pitch is that you make your presentation interesting so that it grabs the attention of your audience. (It comes from the approximate amount of time they would have if they travelled together in an elevator from the bottom to the top of a building.)
‘Never look a gift horse in the mouth.’
(posl.) "Poklonjenom se konju ne gleda u zube." (Accept a gift graciously.)
(be) as sound as a bell
"zdrav kao dren", u dobrom stanju to be very healthy or in very good condition The doctor says that the old man's heart's as sound as a bell. I thought the vase was broken when it fell, but it was sound as a bell.
(dis)agree with someone on almost all counts
(ne)slagati se s nekim gotovo u sveme Since she disagrees with him on almost all counts, she has decided to leave him.
(just) in case
za svaki slučaj It doesn’t look like it will be cold but we should take coats just in case.
(sling) hammock
viseća ležaljka Izgovor
(The) University of Life
"životna škola" (People who never went on to higher education often say this.) I studied at the University of Life.
a bad hair day
-dan kada ti ništa ne ide od ruke
a barking dog seldom bites
-pas koji laje ne grize
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