Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
put the cart before the horse
Bosnian translation:
pogrešno postaviti prioritete
Added to glossary by
Gordana Podvezanec
Nov 28, 2010 21:40
13 yrs ago
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English term
Bosnia and Herzegovina
WE TRANSLATE, YOU RELAX!
Native in: Bosnian 
, Serbo-Croat
Works in: English to Bosnian, English to Croatian, English to Serbian, and 4 more.
put the cart before the horse
English to Bosnian
Marketing
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
to have things in the wrong order; to have things confused and mixed up.
Zanima me da li postoji neki izraz na Bosanskom/Hrvatskom/Srpskom jeziku koji bi odgovarao traženom engleskom izrazu.
Hvala unaprijed!
Zanima me da li postoji neki izraz na Bosanskom/Hrvatskom/Srpskom jeziku koji bi odgovarao traženom engleskom izrazu.
Hvala unaprijed!
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Nov 30, 2010 12:03: Gordana Podvezanec Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
21 mins
Gordana Podvezanec
Croatia
Croatia
Croatia
A new job is a new challenge!
Native in: Croatian 
, Slovenian
Works in: German to Croatian, English to Croatian, Croatian to English, and 25 more.
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pogrešno postaviti prioritete
Reverse the accepted order of things.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Zahvaljujem se na rješenju. U kontekstu se upravo i radilo o pogrešno postavljenim prioritetima.
Ujedno bih se zahvalio i ostalima na trudu."
8 mins
Irena Metikos
Serbia
Serbia
Serbia
pro
Native in: Serbian
Works in: Serbian to English, English to Serbian, Serbo-Croat to English, and 3 more.
pobrkati loncice
...?
20 mins
V&M Stanković
Serbia
Serbia
Works in field
Serbia
Sci/tech/leg. translators & Court transl
Native in: Serbian , Serbo-Croat
Works in: English to Serbian, Serbian to English, English to Serbo-Croat, and 5 more.
postaviti stvari na glavu, okrenuti prirodan tok stvari, prići stvarima naopako
to put the cart before the horse (coll) - postaviti stvari na glavu, okrenuti prirodan tok stvari, prići stvarima naopako
- They bought all their furniture before they had a house: that’s really putting the cart before the horse.
- To get married first and then look for a job is putting the cart before the horse.
[Kovačević Ž, En-sr. frazeološki rečnik]
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Note added at 37 mins (2010-11-28 22:17:37 GMT)
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Ili:
to put the cart before the horse - ići obrnutim redom:
raditi naopako, upregnuti konja za šarage
- Try and distinguish cause from effect instead of putting the cart before the horse.
[Milosavljević B, En-sr. frazeološki rečnik]
16 hrs
Kemal Mustajbegovic
quality is never an accident
Native in: Croatian
Works in: English to Croatian, Croatian to English, English to Bosnian, and 1 more.
trčati pred rudo
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