English Idioms: To Put the Cart before the Horse

To Put the Cart before the Horse means to do things backwards or in the wrong order. This expression describes starting from the end instead of the beginning, or putting the cart ahead of the horse.

To Put the Cart before the Horse

I do / turn things backwards.

I start from the feet to the head.

I do something in the wrong order.

I put the cart before the horse.

Put [put] – to place, put, set, leave.

Cart [ka:t] – car, cart, wagon, two-wheeler.

Before [bi'fɔ:] – ahead, in front, beforehand.

Horse [hɔ:s] – zool. horse (Equus caballus).

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