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词汇 put the cart before the horse
释义
Idiom
put the cart before the horse
Theme: ARRANGEMENT - WRONG
to have things in the wrong order; to have things confused and mixed up. (Also with have.)
You're eating your dessert! You've put the cart before the horse.Slow down and get organized. Don't put the cart before the horse!John has the cart before the horse in most of his projects.
Idiom
put the cart before the horse(put) the cart before the horse
to do something that should happen later before other things.
Barnhart is putting the cart before the horse by building a stadium before a team has agreed to play there.
idiomput the cart before the horseto do things in the wrong order, especially when this means you are doing something without the necessary preparation, or giving unimportant things more attention than important ones:It would be putting the cart before the horse to give nurses extra responsibilities without giving them fuller training.I feel we're putting the cart before the horse, and planning a major advertising campaign before we have anything really good to sell.

put the cart before the horse

To do things out of the proper order. Starting the fundraiser before we know how much we need is putting the cart before the horse.

put the cart before the horse

Fig. to have things in the wrong order; to have things confused and mixed up. (Also with have.) You're eating your dessert first! You've put the cart before the horse. John has the cart before the horse in most of his projects.

cart before the horse, put the

Reverse the proper order of things or events, as in Don't put the cart before the horse and give away the punch line. This expression has been used since antiquity but was first recorded in English in 1520.

put the cart before the horse

If you put the cart before the horse, you do things in the wrong order. Creating large numbers of schools before we've improved school management is putting the cart before the horse. Let's not put the cart before the horse. Let's actually find out what the problem is before we try to solve it. Note: Cart and horse are also used in many other structures and expressions with a similar meaning. They want to go down the road with the cart before the horse and spend the money before they have made it. These kids are encouraged to compete before they actually have the skills to win. We've got ourselves a cart-before-the-horse situation.

put the cart before the horse

reverse the proper order or procedure of something.
A medieval version of this expression was set the oxen before the yoke . The version with horse and cart dates from the early 16th century.
1998 Spectator It's putting the cart before the horse. All history shows that if you want to create a political union, you do that first and the single currency follows.

put the ˌcart before the ˈhorse

put or do things in the wrong order: Don’t plan the menu before deciding how many people to invite — it’s like putting the cart before the horse.
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