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:
- Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail
- As the old cock crows, so does the young
- It is a good horse that never stumbles
- When the fox preaches, take care of your geese
- To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- Old birds are not caught with chaff
- If wishes were horses, beggars might ride
- One scabby sheep will mar a whole flock
- As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
- If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too
- To set the wolf to keep the sheep
- The last straw breaks the camel's back
- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- If an ass (donkey) bray at you, don't bray at him
- To give a lark to catch a kite