English-Portuguese translations for put the cart before the horse

• colocar o carro à frente dos bois
  Votar já sobre a liberalização, sem primeiro regular devidamente este aspecto, é colocar o carro à frente dos bois, e isto não irá funcionar. To vote on liberalisation at this stage, without putting arrangements in place in this area first, is to put the cart before the horse, and this will not work.

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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