Complete Definition of "put the cart before the horse"

English

Verb
put the cart before the horse

  1. context|idiom|hackneyed To do things in the wrong order or with the wrong priorities.

#:I think you're putting the cart before the horse by trying to clean without getting rid of some of the extra junk around here first.

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Russian: ��ави�� �елег� впе�еди ло�ади

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