~ се clink glasses; чука се s.o. is knocking at/on the door, there’s knock on/at the door; • де го чукаш, де се пука he struck at Tim and down fell Tom; without rhyme or reason; ~ на дърво touch wood; ~ някому сол на главата haul s.o. over the coals, give s.o. a dressing-down; чукнал му е петдесетакът he’s fifty if he’s a day, he’s on the wrong side of fifty, he’ll never see fifty again.