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 nose to the grindstone
- put one's face on
- put (someone's) eye out
- look a gift horse in the mouth
- put the bite on (someone)
- put one's heads together
- put one's hands on (something)
- put (someone or something) out to pasture
- put one's toe in the water
- put one's best foot forward
- put on a brave face
- lock the barn door after the horse is gone
- put on one's thinking cap
- straight from the horse's mouth
- put in one's two cents (worth)