METAPHORS TO DO WITH THE BODY

to point the finger at someone – uperiti prstom u nekoga

to have a few hiccups – imati nekoliko manjih problema / poteškoća

to break someone's heart – slomiti srce kome, jako rastužiti koga

to take one's breath away – ostaviti koga bez daha zbog ljepote, iznenađenja

to scar someone for life – obilježiti koga za cijeli život

METAPHORS TO DO WITH LIGHT

to come (to someone) in a flash – sinuti

to glow with pride – blistati od ponosa

to spark someone's interest in something – pobuditi nečiji interes za nešto

to be overshadowed by someone – biti u nečijoj sjeni

to suddenly dawn on someone – odjednom nekome sinuti

METAPHORS TO DO WITH NATURE

to have a stormy relationship – imati burnu vezu

to have blazing rows – žustro se svađati

to blossom – procvasti

to be made redundant – dobiti otkaz

the root of all problems – izvor svih problema

not to have the foggiest idea – nemati pojma

METAPHORS TO DO WITH MOVEMENT

to reach a crossroads in life – doći do životnog raskrižja

to follow in someone's footsteps – ići nečijim stopama

to give a long, rambling speech on the subject of... – držati dug, neorganiziran i nesvrhovit govor na
temu...

to go round in circles – vrtjeti se ukrug

to make great strides in – postići veliki napredak u

I. TO USE THE FOLLOWING METAPHORS CORRECTLY, PROVIDE THE MISSING WORDS IN EITHER
ENGLISH OR CROATIAN:

1) She pointed the ______________ at him. ________________ je prstom u njega. finger, Uprla

2) She gazed up at him, glowing ______________ happiness. Gledala ga je with, sjajeći / blistajući od
_____________________________ sreće.

3) None of us had the _______________ idea about how to put the tent up. Nitko od nas nije
foggiest /slightest imao ni približnu ideju _______________________________ kako postaviti šator.

4) After he had been awarded, his career blossomed. Nakon što je ____________________________
karijera mu je __________________________. dobio nagradu / procvala

5) The view from the top will ________________________ your breath away. take, Pogled s vrha /
ostaviti bez daha___________________ će te ___________________________________.

6) It _____________________________on me that Jo had been right all along. dawned, Shvatio

/Postalo mi je jasno_______________________ sam da je Jo _____________________________.
cijelo vrijeme bila u pravu

7) They had a ___________ affair. Njihova je veza bila puna ___________________. stormy, bijesa,
ljutnje

8) He decided _________________ his father's footsteps and become an architect. Odlučio je ići
follow in ________________________________ i postati arhitekt.

9) The government has made great ________________ in reducing poverty. Vlada je postigla
_____________________________________________________________. strides, velik napredak u

10) Their achievement was overshadowed by the continuing success of the women's team. Njihov je
________________________________ bio ______________________________________________.

postignuće / uspjeh bilo u sjeni

II. PARAPHRASE THE EXPRESSIONS IN ITALICS :

1) Her behaviour broke his heart – hurt him very deeply

2) Her dysfunctional family relationships scarred her for life – caused her permanent psychological
damage

3) These topics spark students' interest in psychology – awaken their interest

4) They were notorious for blazing rows – very angry rows with lots of shouting

5) We cannot solve the problem, we are going round in circles – making no progress at all

6) There was a hiccup in the negotiations – a small problem

I. TO USE THE FOLLOWING METAPHORS CORRECTLY, PROVIDE THE MISSING WORDS IN EITHER
ENGLISH OR CROATIAN:

1) She pointed the ______________ at him. ________________ je prstom u njega.

2) She gazed up at him, glowing ______________ happiness. Gledala ga je

_____________________________ sreće.

3) None of us had the _______________ idea about how to put the tent up. Nitko od nas nije
_______________________________ kako postaviti šator.

4) After he had been awarded, his career blossomed. Nakon što je ____________________________
karijera mu je __________________________.

5) The view from the top will ________________________ your breath away. ___________________
će te ___________________________________.

6) It _____________________________on me that Jo had been right all along.

_______________________ sam da je Jo _____________________________.

7) They had a _______________ affair. Njihova je veza bila puna ___________________.

8) He decided _________________ his father's footsteps and become an architect. Odlučio je ići
________________________________ i postati arhitekt.

9) The government has made great ________________ in reducing poverty. Vlada je postigla
_____________________________________________________________.

10) Their achievement was overshadowed by the continuing success of the women's team. Njihov je
________________________________ bio ______________________________________________.

II. PARAPHRASE THE EXPRESSIONS IN ITALICS :

1) Her behaviour broke his heart –

2) Her dysfunctional family relationships scarred her for life –

3) These topics spark students' interest in psychology – awaken their interest

4) They were notorious for blazing rows –

5) We cannot solve the problem, we are going round in circles –

6) There was a hiccup in the negotiations –

III. TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING INTO CROATIAN:

1) She was made redundant last week.

2) He has reached a crossroads in his life and does not know what to do.

3) His health seems to be the root of all his problems.