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To put the cart before the horse is to reverse the right order or allocation of things.
French: “Mettre la charrette avant les bœufs.”
Latin: “Currus bovem trahit Præpostere.”
Greek: “Hysteron proteron.”
German: “Die pferde hinter den wagen spannen.”
Italian: “Metter il carro inanzi ai buoi.”
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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