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put the cart before the horse
(idiomatic) To put things in the wrong order or with the wrong priorities; to put something inconsequential as more important than something more essential.
物事の順序や優先順位を誤る、あるいは本来の重要性を無視して付随的な事柄を優先させること。 / 必要な手順や順序を守らず、非本質的なものを過度に重視すること。
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ride a horse foaled by an acorn
(obsolete, slang) To be hanged on the gallows.
絞首刑にされる(古語、俗語)
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straight from the horse's mouth
straight from the horse's mouth
I could eat a horse
a camel is a horse designed by a committee
An expression critical of committees — which by analogy can extend to both group decision-making as well as abstract or unrelated managerialism — by emphasizing the weaknesses of incorporating too many conflicting and inexperienced opinions into a single project. The distinguishing features of a camel, including its humps, plate-shaped feet, habitual spitting, strange shape and poor temperament, are treated as the sort of deformities that typify a conflicted, or overly idealistic, design process.
委員会(またはグループ意思決定)の過程で、多くの相反する、もしくは経験不足の意見を組み込む結果、設計やプロジェクトが非効率的で不格好なものになってしまう現象を皮肉的に表現する諺。 / 個々の専門性を欠いた集団決定により、正常な設計が阻害され、結果として馬(機能的にも美的にも優れたもの)がラクダ(奇妙な形状や欠点だらけのもの)になってしまうことを揶揄する表現。
see a man about a horse
(idiomatic, euphemistic) Used in place of a real explanation when excusing oneself for a short period of time, particularly to use a toilet.
トイレに行くなど、一時的に席を離れる際に、実際の理由を伏せるための婉曲的な表現 / 正直な理由を述べずに、ちょっとした用事(特に用足し)のために席を外す際の口実として使われる表現
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zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse
get back on the horse that bucked one
(idiomatic) To return to something that previously caused harm.
以前、害をもたらした事柄に再び関与すること。 / 過去に問題を引き起こした対象に再挑戦すること。
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