fer bullir l'olla

English translation: to put food on the table / to have enough food to eat

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Catalan term or phrase:fer bullir l'olla
English translation:to put food on the table / to have enough food to eat
Entered by: Sheila Hardie

13:11 Apr 16, 2008
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Food & Drink
Catalan term or phrase: fer bullir l'olla
The text asks where did the mushrrom tradition originate, and the text goes on as follows:

De l’atzar, d’una herència cultural remota, de la necessitat dels nostres avantpassats de fer bullir l’olla?

I get the idea of a play on words with this expression which I understand to refer to "food for thought" . Or is it simply the idea of needing food for the pot?
Lia Fail (X)
Spain
Local time: 22:33
to put food on the table / to have enough food to eat
Explanation:
Or something similar.


HTH


Sheila



bullir
conjugació


[c. 1330; del ll. bullire 'borbollejar; estar en ebullició', derivat de bulla 'bombolla']

[®dormir ] v 1 intr Ésser un fluid en estat d'ebullició.

2 1 intr Coure en aigua que bull. Dinarem de seguida: la verdura ja bull.

2 tr Ara bullirem les patates.

3 tr p ext Fer bullir l'olla.

***4 tenir per a fer bullir l'olla fig Tenir per a viure. ***

3 intr 1 Ésser un líquid agitat a semblança de l'aigua quan bull, a causa d'una fermentació, d'una agitació mecànica, etc. Bullir el most en el cup. Un remolí on l'aigua bull.

2 fig La gent bullia pels carrers i les places.

4 intr Ésser excitat, agitat, per una passió, una emoció, etc. Bullir d'indignació.

5 tr Fer bullir. Heu bullit la llet?


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4 +2to put food on the table / to have enough food to eat
Sheila Hardie
3to make ends meet
Ross Andrew Parker


  

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to put food on the table / to have enough food to eat


Explanation:
Or something similar.


HTH


Sheila



bullir
conjugació


[c. 1330; del ll. bullire 'borbollejar; estar en ebullició', derivat de bulla 'bombolla']

[®dormir ] v 1 intr Ésser un fluid en estat d'ebullició.

2 1 intr Coure en aigua que bull. Dinarem de seguida: la verdura ja bull.

2 tr Ara bullirem les patates.

3 tr p ext Fer bullir l'olla.

***4 tenir per a fer bullir l'olla fig Tenir per a viure. ***

3 intr 1 Ésser un líquid agitat a semblança de l'aigua quan bull, a causa d'una fermentació, d'una agitació mecànica, etc. Bullir el most en el cup. Un remolí on l'aigua bull.

2 fig La gent bullia pels carrers i les places.

4 intr Ésser excitat, agitat, per una passió, una emoció, etc. Bullir d'indignació.

5 tr Fer bullir. Heu bullit la llet?


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Sheila Hardie
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agree  Maria Rosich Andreu: sí, jo crec que va per aquí
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agree  Marga Demmers (X)
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to make ends meet


Explanation:
It seems to be used in this sense (by seeling the mushrooms).

http://www.rodamots.com/mot_cerca_resultat.asp?nm=1333
Chico, por desgracia esto pasa en casi todas las profesiones en las que el comercial trabaja a comisión. El saltarse al vendedor es algo absolutamente deshonesto tanto para el que compra como para el que vende. Y aunque es cierto que esa comisión es la que te ayuda a "fer bullir l'olla", lo que se ahorran los compradores también les hace "bullir l'olla". Y no nos engañemos,


Ross Andrew Parker
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