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"ref": "1898, Julian Hawthorne, chapter 1, in The History of the United States",
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"(idiomatic) To put things in the wrong order or with the wrong priorities; to put something inconsequential as more important than something more essential."
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{
"word": "hysteron proteron"
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"word": "jump the gun"
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"word": "tail wagging the dog"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "本末倒置"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "食屎屙飯"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "ne iru fadeno antaŭ kudrilo"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "laittaa reki hevosen edelle"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "mettre la charrue avant les bœufs"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "poñer o carro diante dos bois"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "das Pferd von hinten aufzäumen"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "hafa endaskipti á hlutunum"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "mettere il carro davanti ai buoi"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "jūgt vezumu zirgam priekšā"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "sette vognen foran hesten"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "a pune căruța înaintea cailor"
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"roman": "stávitʹ telégu vperedí lóšadi",
"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "начина́ть не с того́ конца́"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "poner el carro delante de los bueyes"
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"word": "poner el carro delante del caballo"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "poner la venda antes de la herida"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "poner el carro delante del burro"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "tchôkî l' tcherete divant les tchvås"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
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"code": "yue",
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "本末倒置"
},
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "食屎屙飯"
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"code": "yue",
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"roman": "sik⁶ si² o¹ faan⁶",
"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "食屎屙饭"
},
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "本末倒置"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "本末顛倒"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "本末颠倒"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "laittaa reki hevosen edelle"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "toimia nurinkurisesti"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "mennä takapuoli edellä puuhun"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "mettre la charrue avant les bœufs"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "poñer o carro diante dos bois"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "das Pferd von hinten aufzäumen"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "den Pflug vor die Ochsen spannen"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "רתם את העגלה לפני הסוסים"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "nyúl viszi a puskát"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "byrja á öfugum enda"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "hafa endaskipti á hlutunum"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "mettere il carro davanti ai buoi"
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"roman": "honmatsu tento suru",
"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "本末転倒する"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "jūgt vezumu zirgam priekšā"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "buat kerja balik bokong"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "a pune căruța înaintea cailor"
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"roman": "stávitʹ telégu vperedí lóšadi",
"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "ста́вить теле́гу впереди́ ло́шади"
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"word": "начина́ть не с того́ конца́"
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"word": "poner el carro delante de los bueyes"
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"word": "poner la venda antes de la herida"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "poner el carro delante del burro"
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "tchôkî l' tcherete divant les tchvås"
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"code": "wa",
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "mete li tchår divant les boûs"
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"code": "wa",
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"sense": "to put things in the wrong order",
"word": "brider si tchvå på cou"
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"word": "put the cart before the horse"
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