put the cart before the horse

to do two things in the wrong order 本末倒置；前后颠倒

Examples from the Corpus

put the cart before the horse• This is putting the cart before the horse.• It seems to me that Mr Topolski is putting the cart before the horse.• This may sound like putting the cart before the horse and being unnecessarily pessimistic.• It is Labour's insistence on putting the cart before the horse which fills me with gloom.

→ put the cart before the horse at cart1(1)

单词	put the cart before the horse
释义	put the cart before the horse put the cart before the horse to do two things in the wrong order 本末倒置；前后颠倒 Examples from the Corpus put the cart before the horse• This is putting the cart before the horse.• It seems to me that Mr Topolski is putting the cart before the horse.• This may sound like putting the cart before the horse and being unnecessarily pessimistic.• It is Labour's insistence on putting the cart before the horse which fills me with gloom. → put the cart before the horse at cart1(1)
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