Caballo

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by poli

This may be a tangent but it pertains to caballos.
I was reading a newspaper today about a film comedy that was
decribed as a despropósito a caballo.
I think it means a wild farce, but I'm not sure. Does anyone have any
other ideas?

Two guesses:

A caballo can mean astride (straddle, with a leg on each side). A city can be split down the middle by a river. You can say that the city straddles the river, or it is a caballo del río. Perhaps the comedy film straddles absurdity.

Something served with a fried egg on top is another meaning of a caballo, so despropósito a caballo could be an absurdity with a fried egg on top. I'm not certain, but those who eat dishes with fried eggs on the top say there's nothing better (they're to die for), so perhaps the comedy film is an absurdity to die for, or a guormet absurdity.

[Elaina]

¡Qué conversación tan interesante! Todo basado en la palabra caballo..... Yo no sabía que "a caballo" significaba que el platillo viene con un huevo, o dos frito.....

Desafortunadamente mi imaginación entiende el porqué!!

[poli]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Two guesses:

A caballo can mean astride (straddle, with a leg on each side). A city can be split down the middle by a river. You can say that the city straddles the river, or it is a caballo del río. Perhaps the comedy film straddles absurdity.

Something served with a fried egg on top is another meaning of a caballo, so despropósito a caballo could be an absurdity with a fried egg on top. I'm not certain, but those who eat dishes with fried eggs on the top say there's nothing better (they're to die for), so perhaps the comedy film is an absurdity to die for, or a guormet absurdity.

Your first guess sounds closer to the meaning, because the movie they
wrote about was not the best

[sosia]

First time I heard the fried egg thing

For me "despropósito a caballo" means only "absurdity wanders" or "absurdity going fast", like your "wild farce"
saludos

[poli]

I'm only vaguely aware of the a caballo term for food served with a fried egg on top of it. I have seen it in authentic Mexican restaurants. I'm assuming that it's a Mexican and Central American term.

[Rusty]

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[María José]

Originally Posted by poli

This may be a tangent but it pertains to caballos.
I was reading a newspaper today about a film comedy that was
decribed as a despropósito a caballo.
I think it means a wild farce, but I'm not sure. Does anyone have any
other ideas?

I would say it means it doesn't make any sense,it's worse than bad, awful. But I'm not sure... yet.
(Five minutes later)
Sorry was wrong.I've been using my very advanced computer skills and:
I think the film you are talking about is the latest Adam Sandler's,and your quote is incomplete: the film 'es un despropósito a caballo entre Borat y Fahrenheit 9/11...' which takes us back to the idiom Rusty mentioned above.
A caballo entre = in between two things or a mixture of both.
Despropósito= disparate (so your 'wild farce' was a good translation for this context).