Put the Cart before the Horse Put the Cart before the Horse to do two things in the wrong order, to reverse the proper order of procedures or tasks, to do things backward The expression, put the cart before the horse, is an idiom or proverb used to suggest something is done contrary to a conventional or culturally expected order or relationship. A cart is a vehicle which is ordinarily pulled by a horse, so to put the cart before the horse is an analogy for doing things in the wrong order. The figure of speech means doing things the ...
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