put the cart before the horse

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To put things in the wrong order or with the wrong priorities; to put something inconsequential as more important than something more essential. idiomatic
    — The hour had struck; and with it, as always, appeared the man. So it has ever been in the history of the world; though we, with characteristic vanity, uniformly put the cart before the horse, and declare that it is the man that brings the hour.

词形变化

puts the cart before the horse present,singular,third-person putting the cart before the horse participle,present put the cart before the horse participle,past put the cart before the horse past
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