put the cart before the horse
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Signifoj
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- [1] :[1] ne iru fadeno antaŭ kudrilo (laŭvorte: meti la ĉaron antaŭ la ĉevalon)
Samsencaĵoj |
- en, idiomaĵa: ass-backwards; to put things in the wrong order or with the wrong priorities; to put something inconsequential as more important than something more essential
- 1898, Julian Hawthorne, The History of the United States, ch. 1,
- The hour had struck; and with it, as always, appeared the man. So it has ever been in the history of the world; though we, with characteristic vanity, uniformly put the cart before the horse, and declare that it is the man that brings the hour.
- 1957, "Corruption of the Mind," Time, 2 Dec.,
- To attempt to remove the armaments before removing these substantive conflicts of interest is to put the cart before the horse.
- 2005, David D. Kirkpatrick, "Timing of Hearings and Vote Stalls Confirmation Talks," New York Times, 27 Jul. (retrieved 6 Nov. 2008),
- Mr. Schumer said that the idea of agreeing to a date for a vote before the committee had held hearings was "to put the cart before horse."
- 1898, Julian Hawthorne, The History of the United States, ch. 1,
Tradukoj
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- Por [1] vidu tradukojn sub ne iru fadeno antaŭ kudrilo
Referencoj kaj literaturo |
- [1] Macmillan Dictionary, far Macmillan Education Limited: put the cart before the horse (brita), put the cart before the horse (usona)
- [1] Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary put the cart before the horse
- [1] Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus put the cart before the horse
- [1] Dictionary.com (vortaro angla-angla, trezoro kaj enciklopedio) put the cart before the horse
- [1] PONS angla-Deutsch, Stichwort: „put the cart before the horse“
- [1] dict.cc angla-germana, kapvorto: „put the cart before the horse“
- [1] LEO angla-germana, kapvorto: „put the cart before the horse“
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