xutar la pilota endavant

English translation: kick the issue into the long grass

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Catalan term or phrase:xutar la pilota endavant
English translation:kick the issue into the long grass
Entered by: Comunican

19:59 May 29, 2008
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Environment & Ecology
Catalan term or phrase: xutar la pilota endavant
not a football person, so can anyone shed some light on this - is it literally "shoot the ball forward"??
And what do you think it means in this context??
Thanks

Per això, la tendència natural del món modern i industrial, en comptes de reconèixer que el model plantejat estava errat en la forma i, sobretot, en el fons, fa el que en termes futbolístics argentins es diu “xutar la pilota endavant"
Comunican
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:50
kick the issue into the long grass
Explanation:
Yes, literally kick/shoot the ball forward, but clearly it's intended as a metaphor. Therefore, I'd omit the bit about Argentinian football terms and use this English idiom:

Meaning:
If an issue or problem is kicked into the long grass, it is pushed aside and hidden in the hope that it will be forgotten or ignored.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2008-05-30 04:43:46 GMT)
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12 April 2008 UK - Fears over pro-suicide web pages (BBC) People ...The decision to kick the issue into the long grass sets Ofcom on collision course with the growing campaign to curb marketing to children. Labels: Health ...
www.qlinks.net/update/labels/Health.htm - 31k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Open Europe - independent think tank calling for radical reform of ...... he favours agreeing a “mini-treaty” quickly, while she wants to kick the issue into the long grass by negotiating a whole new Constitution. ...
www.openeurope.org.uk/media-centre/bulletin.aspx?bulletinid... - 60k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Peaklander | BlogsToday | ....... council elections it allows our hard pressed councilors to try and kick the issue into the long grass until after they have secured their reelection. ...
www.blogstoday.co.uk/Peaklander.blog - 40k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Plenty more examples out there...
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Ross Andrew Parker
Local time: 14:50
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Summary of answers provided
5kick the issue into the long grass
Ross Andrew Parker
4kicking the ball forward
Milena Bosco (X)


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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
kicking the ball forward


Explanation:
I think it sounds better than "shooting"

Milena Bosco (X)
Italy
Local time: 14:50
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in CatalanCatalan
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
kick the issue into the long grass


Explanation:
Yes, literally kick/shoot the ball forward, but clearly it's intended as a metaphor. Therefore, I'd omit the bit about Argentinian football terms and use this English idiom:

Meaning:
If an issue or problem is kicked into the long grass, it is pushed aside and hidden in the hope that it will be forgotten or ignored.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 8 hrs (2008-05-30 04:43:46 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

12 April 2008 UK - Fears over pro-suicide web pages (BBC) People ...The decision to kick the issue into the long grass sets Ofcom on collision course with the growing campaign to curb marketing to children. Labels: Health ...
www.qlinks.net/update/labels/Health.htm - 31k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Open Europe - independent think tank calling for radical reform of ...... he favours agreeing a “mini-treaty” quickly, while she wants to kick the issue into the long grass by negotiating a whole new Constitution. ...
www.openeurope.org.uk/media-centre/bulletin.aspx?bulletinid... - 60k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Peaklander | BlogsToday | ....... council elections it allows our hard pressed councilors to try and kick the issue into the long grass until after they have secured their reelection. ...
www.blogstoday.co.uk/Peaklander.blog - 40k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Plenty more examples out there...

Ross Andrew Parker
Local time: 14:50
Native speaker of: English
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