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A weak and cowardly person
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A wimp
por
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a leek
pietruszka
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parsley
koperek
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dill
causing perplexion and confusion, stunning
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bewildering
offering nothing stimulating
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vapid
shabby or untidy
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scruffy
confined to a small place
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cooped up
a long spoon with a cup shaped bowl
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a ladle
poorly made and likely to collapse
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rickety
pee
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widdle (noun, verb)
without preparation
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off the cuff
pathetically trivial, trifling
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piddly
engaged in or reflecting a deep or serious thought
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pensive
failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate
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presumptuous
to start working with determination
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to buckle down
to make detailed preparations
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to tee up
smb/sth is annoying or loud or boring
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smb/sth is doing my head in
active, doing the things you usually do
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be out and about
rickety, not well made/prepared
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rough around the edges
to talk nonsense
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to talk out of one's arse
grim, gloomy
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sullen
small discomforts or annoyances
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niggles
to be very thirsty
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to be parched
without preparation
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off the cuff
lacking flavour, boring, wishy-washy
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insipid
don't get upset over sth
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don't get cut over sth
to annoy, irritate
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to peeve off
an older, unmarried woman
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a spinster
in all important aspects
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to all intents and purposes
to gush out in a sudden and forceful stream
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to spurt out
agree on the settlement, acknowledge we're even
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call it quits
another idiom for a piece of cake
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a walk in the park
to continue sth in a determined way
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to power through sth
to flatter someone, to ingratiate with someone
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to butter someone up
zatrzymać coś w zarodku
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to stop sth in its tracks
a person who eats and drinks greedily
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a guzzler
kozioł ofiarny
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scapegoat
someone who makes good decisions, sensible
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grounded, discerning
conveying an indecent interest in sexual matters
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salacious
to succeed in doing sth
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to crack sth
suddenly start laughing a lot
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crack up
tired and mentally dazed after alcohol/drug consumption
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cracked out
a false statement or accusation
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a slander
to cope more or less satisfactory despite lack of expertise or planning
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to muddle through
attribute sth to sth
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to chalk sth up to sth
to talk in a loud or indignant way with little effect
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to bluster
to have sex with smb
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to get off with smb
playful, full of energy
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frisky
anxious
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fraught, jumpy
having lost enthusiasm or hope
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dispirited
the money or other means needed for a particular purpose
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wherewithal
to walk in a relaxed manner. A leisurely stroll
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to saunter
obscene or raunchy
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smutty
Un-savory people in our society. People you do not want to be associated with
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riff-raff
smb has lost courage at the last moment and have not done sth they intended to do
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smb has bottled it
come to nothing, fail
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to fall through
To eat or drink up, to consume
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To put away
the quality of being quiet and easy to influence
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docility
A pointed rod used to urge on an animal. Also, to incite or rouse as if with that rod
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goad
Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures
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Debauchery
to back out from an unwanted responsibility, to avoid or neglect problems
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to cop out
on one's own
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on one's tod
a person's mouth (informal british). Also a lump of a slimy substance or a spit
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a gob
Spread through something; pervade
The aroma of soup ... the air
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Permeate
Inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality)
The performance was ... with nostalgia
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Imbue
To give something unwillingly, esp. money
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to cough up
to leave somewhere to go home
it's getting late, we should...
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to make tracks
(of a man or his manner) ostentatiously and extravagantly effeminate
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camp
Showing no intelligence or sensitivity
the _ assumptions men make about women
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crass
to end up, conclude
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to pan out
1. Eccentric or strange 2. Bad-tempered or irritable
If you have _ children
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Cranky
to end (something) in usually an exciting or impressive way
Talibans ... an impressive blitz
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cap
Having the mouth hanging loosely open as if in shock or confusion
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slack-jawed
bring under domination or control, especially by conquest.
the invaders had soon _ most of the population
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subjugate
Goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place
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spoils
a decision has not yet been reached on a controversial subject
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the jury is out
to talk lies or things that are not entirely true
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telling porkies
To give a large amount of money to pay for creating a college, hospital, etc
in 1937, Mellon _ the National Gallery
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Endow
unable to think clearly; confused or perplexed.
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befuddled
To realise something (usually suddenly). Also, a small, thin branch of a tree.
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to twig
She’s six months pregnant, and he still hasn’t twigged
to be successful at the early stage of doing something
The new Prime Minister has _, but he still has to demonstrate what manner of leader he is going to be.
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to get off to a good start
decaying or rotting and emitting a fetid smell
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putrid
unsure about what to say, think or do
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nonplussed
She was nonplussed, but quickly collected herself, explained that the plumbing had been acting up for days, and told them to pay it no mind
pretentious or pompous
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up-itself
he was way up-itself

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