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 flesh on (something)
- you can lead a horse to water (but you can't make it drink)
- horse trade
- put one's head in a noose
- put one's finger on (something)
- put (something) on hold
- work like a horse
- put on the feed bag
- change horses in midstream
- bet on the wrong horse
- put one's mind to (something)
- wild horses could not drag (someone away)
- put one's best foot forward
- dark horse
- put one's foot down (about something)