put the cart before the horse
начать не с того конца, поступать шиворот-навыворот, "поставить телегу впереди лошади"
Пример использования идиомы put the cart before the horse:
They put the cart before the horse and took the effect for the cause.
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Другие идиомы:
- put one's finger on (something)
- put (someone) on hold
- get off one's high horse
- horse trade
- put (something) in mothballs
- put all one's eggs in one basket
- put some teeth into (something)
- put (someone's) nose out of joint
- put one's money where one's mouth is
- put weight on
- on horseback
- put one's nose to the grindstone
- put one's toe in the water
- put the bite on (someone)
- lock the barn door after the horse is gone