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put the cart before the horse

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put the cart before the horse

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EN · C1

Posters Before the Date

  1. A

    Have you ordered the posters?

    Zamówiłeś już plakaty?

  2. B

    Let's not put the cart before the horse. We don't have a date.

    Nie stawiajmy wozu przed koniem. Nie mamy terminu.

  3. A

    I'll wait for the room confirmation.

    Poczekam na potwierdzenie sali.

  4. B

    Then we'll send the design to print.

    Wtedy wyślemy projekt do druku.

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Translations

Polishstawiać wóz przed koniemidiomNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Germandas Pferd von hinten aufzäumenidiomNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Spanishempezar la casa por el tejadoidiomNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Russianставить телегу впереди лошадиidiomNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.

Examples of use

Polish

Zatrudnianie ludzi przed znalezieniem klientów to stawianie wozu przed koniem.

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English

Hiring staff before finding clients puts the cart before the horse.

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German

Personal vor den Kunden zu suchen heißt, das Pferd von hinten aufzuzäumen.

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Spanish

Contratar personal antes de encontrar clientes es empezar la casa por el tejado.

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Russian

Нанимать сотрудников до поиска клиентов — ставить телегу впереди лошади.

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Grammar

idiom

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put the cart before the horse
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Example

Hiring staff before finding clients puts the cart before the horse.

add fuel to the fire

dolewać oliwy do ognia

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sit on the fence

unikać opowiedzenia się po którejś stronie

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a double-edged sword

miecz obosieczny

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a red herring

mylący trop

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the devil is in the detail

diabeł tkwi w szczegółach

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the proof of the pudding is in the eating

wartość czegoś sprawdza się w praktyce

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If we compare only the time spent without considering the scope of the work, we may be comparing apples and oranges.

Porównując sam czas pracy bez uwzględnienia jej zakresu, możemy zestawiać jabłka z gruszkami.

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The game is not worth the candle if a minor improvement requires abandoning every previous arrangement.

Skórka nie jest warta wyprawki, jeśli drobna poprawa wymaga porzucenia wszystkich dotychczasowych ustaleń.

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When recognition becomes an end in itself, it is easy to lose sight of the cause it was meant to serve.

Gdy uznanie staje się celem samym w sobie, łatwo stracić z oczu sprawę, której miało służyć.

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This freedom is a double-edged sword: it allows action to be adapted to the situation but makes it harder to compare individuals' responsibilities.

Ta swoboda jest mieczem obosiecznym: pozwala dostosować działanie do sytuacji, ale utrudnia porównanie odpowiedzialności poszczególnych osób.

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The Achilles' heel of this plan is not a shortage of ideas but dependence on a single source of information whose reliability has not been checked.

Piętą achillesową tego planu jest nie brak pomysłów, lecz zależność od jednego źródła informacji, którego wiarygodności nie sprawdzono.

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A seemingly technical amendment may become a Trojan horse for a change whose consequences participants had no opportunity to discuss.

Pozornie techniczna poprawka może stać się koniem trojańskim dla zmiany, której skutków uczestnicy nie mieli możliwości przedyskutować.

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