To put (set) the cart before the horse
Поставить повозку впереди лошади. Смысл: поступать шиворот-навыворот.
Начинать не с того конца. Надевать хомут с хвоста. Начать строить дом с крыши. Садить дерево корнем кверху.
Другие пословицы:
- A shy cat makes a proud mouse
- You cannot flay the same ox twice
- All asses wag their ears
- One scabby sheep will mar a whole flock
- That's a horse of another colour
- A bird may be known by its song
- It is a good horse that never stumbles
- Many a good cow has a bad calf
- To lock the stable-door after the horse is stolen
- To flog a dead horse
- A curst cow has short horns
- Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot
- First catch your hare
- Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
- All lay load on the willing horse