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1 put the cart before the horse
"ставить телегу перед лошадью"; делать шиворот-навыворот; ставить с ног на головуBut when these factors are declared to be the explanation of Indian poverty then the cart is put before the horse. (R. P. Dutt, ‘India Today’, ch. III) — Утверждать, что бедность в Индии можно объяснить этими факторами, - значит принимать следствие за причину.
Matters were made worse because what Rick was trying to do was to put the cart before the horse... Rickover could not wait for the AEC's horse to be born, so he jumped directly to the Navy's cart. In the process Rick also jumped from captain to admiral... (R. E. Lapp, ‘Atoms and People’, ch. XI) — Положение осложнилось еще тем, что Рик пытался "поставить телегу перед лошадью"... Риковеру было некогда ждать, пока лошадь комиссии по атомной энергии появится на свет; поэтому он сразу же вскочил на телегу военно-морского флота. При этом сам Рик выскочил из капитанов в адмиралы...
To learn to dive before learning to swim well seems to me to be putting the cart before the horse. (HAI) — Тот, кто пытается нырять, не научившись хорошо плавать, поступает, как мне кажется, вопреки здравому смыслу.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > put the cart before the horse
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2 put the boot in smb.
(put the boot(s) in (into или to) smb.)With a conscript army the German ruling class can put the boots into the workers, any time they like... (K. S. Prichard, ‘Golden Miles’, ch. 31) — В распоряжении господствующего класса Германии имеется регулярная армия - с ее помощью он может в любое время наступить на горло рабочим...
...can't you see they'll put the boot into us as soon as they've broken our brothers in the outlying ports? (J. Lindsay, ‘Rising Tide’, ch. VII) —...неужели ты не понимаешь, что судовладельцы жестоко расправятся с нами, как только сломят наших братьев в других портах?
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3 put the case
Either he is guilty or he is not. Put the case that he is not. — Он или виновен, или невиновен. Допустим, что невиновен.
Put the case any way you please, it is a distressing affair to happen in our place. — Что ни говорите, но весьма прискорбно, что такая неприятность произошла именно у нас.
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4 put the heat on smb.
(put (или turn) the heat on smb.)оказать давление на кого-л., добиваться, требовать чего-л. от кого-л. [первонач. амер.]...a favorite trick of management was to provoke a strike in one state and lock out its workers in all other states. The trick was to pressure the thousands of laid off employees to put the heat on the workers and push them into a "cheap" settlement... (‘The Worker’) —...любимый маневр предпринимателей заключался в следующем: спровоцировав забастовку в одном штате, они подвергали локауту своих рабочих в других штатах. Делалось это для того, чтобы тысячи уволенных оказали давление на бастующих и те уменьшили бы свои требования...
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5 put the fat in the fire
(put the fat in the fire (тж. throw the fat into the fire))Norwood, having thrown the fat into the fire, sat down for a while and let it blaze. (U. Sinclair, ‘Jimmie Higgins’, part IV, ch. V) — Норвуд подлил масла в огонь, а сам уселся на место и стал молча наблюдать, как разгораются страсти.
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6 put the cart before the horse
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7 put the knee on the ground
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8 put the problem before the public
English-Dutch dictionary > put the problem before the public
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9 put the kibosh on
put the kibosh on положить конец, покончить; прикончить -
10 put the finishing touches on sth.
put the finishing touches on sth.expr.• darle los últimos toques a algo expr.English-spanish dictionary > put the finishing touches on sth.
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11 put the screws to s.o.
put the screws to s.o.expr.• apretarle las tuercas a alguien expr. -
12 put the horses to!
put the horses to!atrele os cavalos! -
13 put the room in good trim!
put the room in good trim!arrume bem o quarto! to trim off, to trim away remover, cortar por não ser necessário. -
14 put the boot in
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15 put the case (that)
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16 put the children to school
put the children to school -
17 put the clock forward/on
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18 put the fear of God into someone
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19 put the finger on someone
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20 put the finishing touches to
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