Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Catalan term or phrase:
fer Pasqua abans de Rams
English translation:
put the cart before the horse
Added to glossary by
Aïda Garcia Pons
Feb 20, 2007 17:30
17 yrs ago
Catalan term
United States
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Native in: Catalan 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Catalan, Italian to Catalan, Spanish to Catalan, and 3 more.
fer Pasqua abans de Rams
Catalan to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Context: "En Quimet i la Remi es van haver de casar a corre-cuita, havien fet Pasqua abans de Rams."
Meaning they were getting married because she was pregnant.
Anyone knows an equivalent in English?
Thank you all in adavance.
Aïda
Meaning they were getting married because she was pregnant.
Anyone knows an equivalent in English?
Thank you all in adavance.
Aïda
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | put the cart before the horse |
Ross Andrew Parker
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| 3 +1 | shotgun marriage |
Timothy Barton
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| 3 | had the honeymoon before the wedding |
Berni Armstrong
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Proposed translations
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20 mins
Ross Andrew Parker
Native in English
An eye for detail
Native in: English
Works in: Catalan to English, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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20
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put the cart before the horse
do things in an order that's "unnatural".
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-02-20 18:42:33 GMT)
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I can't think of any other idiomatic saying to express this idea in English.
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-02-20 18:42:33 GMT)
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I can't think of any other idiomatic saying to express this idea in English.
Note from asker:
| Thanks Ross. I think I'll use this option. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Gràcies a tots cinc per les vostres aportacions. Han estat molt útils."
+1
15 mins
Timothy Barton
Native in English
Specialist in sport and economics
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Catalan to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
shotgun marriage
You could re-word it, though it probably doesn't it in with what you've got before.
Note from asker:
| Hola Timothy, gràcies per la resposta. Fins ara no havia sentit mai aquesta expressió i ara que m'he l'he estada mirant em sembla que es una traducció genial per dir "casar-se de penal", què et sembla? Definitivament me l'apunto per referències futures! Copio la definició del wikipedia aquí per tenir-la a l'abast. English definition: "A shotgun wedding is a type of wedding which is arranged not because of the desire of the participants, but to avoid embarrassment due to an unintentional pregnancy. The phrase is an American colloquialism based on a supposed scenario (hyperbole) that the father of the pregnant daughter, almost by accepted custom, must resort to using coercive force (the shotgun) to ensure that the man who impregnated her goes through with the wedding. The "shotgun wedding" has become simply an expression, referring to any hasty marriage arranged due to unplanned pregnancy." from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_marriage |
| Thanks Ross, I think I'll use this option. |
| Perdona Timothy, he escrit el missatge d'abans a la casella equivocada. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
sprout
: This is the first thing that popped into my head, too!
2 hrs
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| neutral |
Berni Armstrong
: Isn't the phrase usually "shotgun wedding" - see Lee Dorsey's 60s classic of the same name.
1 day 1 hr
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1 day 1 hr
Berni Armstrong
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
Never Missed a Deadline in 32 Years
Native in: English 
Works in: English, Spanish to English, Catalan to English
had the honeymoon before the wedding
I think this demands a bit of creativity. Unfortunately, I am not feeling very creative today :-)
I was trying to find you a folk song with a suitable euphemism. "Harvested the field before it was ploughed", "The Cuckoos been in the nest" .... that sort of thing. But in the end, I decided the phrase above would get the idea over.... if a little less subtly ... Good luck with it...
I was trying to find you a folk song with a suitable euphemism. "Harvested the field before it was ploughed", "The Cuckoos been in the nest" .... that sort of thing. But in the end, I decided the phrase above would get the idea over.... if a little less subtly ... Good luck with it...
Note from asker:
| Moltes gràcies per la teva resposta Berni. Me l'apunto per a altres ocasions. En aquest cas el text original segueix: "Després de la celebració i del viatge de noces..." així que no crec que la pugui fer servir, serien massa honeymoons... Tmb m'ha agradat la idea de "harvested the field before it was ploughed". |
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