English-French translations for put the cart before the horse

• mettre la charrue avant les bœufs
  Il est donc inacceptable de mettre la charrue avant les bœufs. It is therefore unacceptable to put the cart before the horse.
  Selon moi, avoir ce type de raisonnement, c’est mettre la charrue avant les bœufs. To do so is, as far as I am concerned, to put the cart before the horse.
  Il fait partie de cette vision. Par conséquent, nous ne pouvons mettre la charrue avant les bœufs, l'un et l'autre doivent avancer ensemble. Enlargement is part of the vision; consequently we cannot put the cart before the horse; they need to move forward together.

Definition of put the cart before the horse

• 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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