put the cart before the horse

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1. lasi fadenon iri antaŭ kudrilo (laŭvorte: meti la ĉaron antaŭ la ĉevalon)
   • 1898, Julian Hawthorne, The History of the United States, ch. 1,

     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.

   • 1957, "Corruption of the Mind," Time, 2 Dec.,

     To attempt to remove the armaments before removing these substantive conflicts of interest is to put the cart before the horse.

   • 2005, David D. Kirkpatrick, "Timing of Hearings and Vote Stalls Confirmation Talks," New York Times, 27 Jul. (retrieved 6 Nov. 2008),

     Mr. Schumer said that the idea of agreeing to a date for a vote before the committee had held hearings was "to put the cart before horse."

Referencoj kaj literaturo

[1] Macmillan Dictionary, far Macmillan Education Limited: put the cart before the horse (brita), put the cart before the horse (usona)

[1] Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary put the cart before the horse

[1] Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus put the cart before the horse

[1] Dictionary.com (vortaro angla-angla, trezoro kaj enciklopedio) put the cart before the horse