front 1 at face value | back 1 for what something appears to be, to accept something as it appears to be without questioning its true nature or authenticity. |
front 2 to have a crack at something | back 2 to try to do something difficult, to attempt or try something often for the firs time or with great enthusiasm, make an attempt at doing, achieving, or winning (something). |
front 3 to burn the midnight oil | back 3 to study or work late into the night, often to complete a task or prepare to something |
front 4 to strike a balance | back 4 to find a compromise or middle ground between two competing factors |
front 5 to let off steam | back 5 to do or say something that helps you to release some anger or frustration that you feel |
front 6 to stick one's neck out | back 6 to take a risk or expose yourself to possible criticism or danger by doing or saying something |
front 7 a knee-jerk reaction | back 7 an immediate, automatic response to a situation often without careful thought or consideration |
front 8 to split hairs | back 8 to argue or worry about very small, unimportant details |
front 9 pecking order | back 9 a social hierarchy in a group |
front 10 shrewd | back 10 able to judge people and situations well and make good decisions, someone who is good at understanding and making judgment about situation bystry, sprytny, przebiegły, trafny |
front 11 obstinant | back 11 unreasonably determined, especially to act in a particular way and not to change at all, despite what anyone else says, unwilling to change your opinion or action despite argument or persuasion; stubborn uparty, zawzięty |
front 12 placid | back 12 having a calm appearance or characteristics calm and peaceful |
front 13 to pull some strings | back 13 to use your influence or connections, often secretly or unofficially, to achieved a desired outcome |
front 14 to have a field day | back 14 to take advantage of an opportunity to do something you enjoy, to take advantage of a situation, typically for personal benefit, often at the expense of others, to gain advantage or success from a situation, esp. one that is bad for someone else |
front 15 to be privy to | back 15 to have access to or knowledge of secrete or confidential information być wtajemniczonym |
front 16 on the back burner | back 16 If something is on the back burner, it is temporarily not being dealt with or considered, especially because it is not urgent or important not being done now, but left to be considered in the future odłożony na później |
front 17 cushy | back 17 very easy, requiring little effort łatwy, intratny, ciepła posadka (cushy job) |
front 18 to get one's foot in the door | back 18 to enter a business or organization at a low level, but with a chance of being more successful in the future |
front 19 to go belly up | back 19 If a company or plan goes belly up, it fails zbankrutować |