"put the cart before the horse" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [英语]

Audio: En-au-put the cart before the horse.ogg Forms: puts the cart before the horse, putting the cart before the horse, put the cart before the horse
  1. 本末倒置 Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: zh-put_the_cart_before_the_horse-en-verb-jRSbzli0 Categories (other): 有引文的英語詞, 英語俗語, 英語引文翻譯請求, 需要清理的引用模板
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ass-backwards, hysteron proteron, tail wagging the dog
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          "ref": "1898, Julian Hawthorne, 章號 1, 出自 The History of the United States:",
          "text": "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."
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          "ref": "1957年December2日, “Corruption of the Mind”, 出自 Time:",
          "text": "To attempt to remove the armaments before removing these substantive conflicts of interest is to put the cart before the horse."
        },
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          "ref": "2005年July27日, David D. Kirkpatrick, “Timing of Hearings and Vote Stalls Confirmation Talks”, 出自 New York Times, retrieved 2008-11-06:",
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          "text": "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."
        },
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          "text": "To attempt to remove the armaments before removing these substantive conflicts of interest is to put the cart before the horse."
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          "ref": "2005年July27日, David D. Kirkpatrick, “Timing of Hearings and Vote Stalls Confirmation Talks”, 出自 New York Times, retrieved 2008-11-06:",
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