put the cart before the horse

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42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: pasar el carru delantre los gües — to put things in the wrong order
• Chinese Cantonese: 本末倒置 (bun2 mut6 dou2 zi3) — to put things in the wrong order
• Chinese Cantonese: 食屎屙飯 /食屎屙饭 (sik6 si2 o1 faan6) — to put things in the wrong order
• Chinese Mandarin: 本末倒置 (běnmòdàozhì) — to put things in the wrong order
• Chinese Mandarin: 本末顛倒 /本末颠倒 (běnmòdiāndǎo) — to put things in the wrong order
• Dutch: het paard achter de wagen spannen — to put things in the wrong order
• Esperanto: ne iru fadeno antaŭ kudrilo — to put things in the wrong order
• Finnish: laittaa reki hevosen edelle — to put things in the wrong order
• Finnish: toimia nurinkurisesti — to put things in the wrong order
• Finnish: mennä takapuoli edellä puuhun — to put things in the wrong order
• Finnish: nousta latvasta puuhun — to put things in the wrong order
• French: mettre la charrue avant les bœufs — to put things in the wrong order
• Galician: poñer o carro diante dos bois — to put things in the wrong order
• German: das Pferd von hinten aufzäumen — to put things in the wrong order
• German: den Pflug vor die Ochsen spannen — to put things in the wrong order
• Greek: προτρέχω (protrécho) — to put things in the wrong order
• Hebrew: רתם את העגלה לפני הסוסים — to put things in the wrong order
• Hungarian: nyúl viszi a puskát — to put things in the wrong order
• Icelandic: byrja á öfugum enda — to put things in the wrong order
• Icelandic: hafa endaskipti á hlutunum — to put things in the wrong order
• Indonesian: dahulu bajak daripada jawi — to put things in the wrong order
• Italian: mettere il carro davanti ai buoi — to put things in the wrong order
• Japanese: 本末転倒する (honmatsu tento suru) — to put things in the wrong order
• Latvian: jūgt vezumu zirgam priekšā — to put things in the wrong order
• Malay: buat kerja balik bokong — to put things in the wrong order
• Norwegian Bokmål: sette vognen foran hesten — to put things in the wrong order
• Norwegian Bokmål: sette kjerra foran hesten — to put things in the wrong order
• Polish: stawiać na głowie — to put things in the wrong order
• Polish: postawić na głowie — to put things in the wrong order
• Portuguese: colocar o carro à frente dos bois — to put things in the wrong order
• Romanian: a pune căruța înaintea cailor — to put things in the wrong order
• Russian: ста́вить теле́гу впереди́ ло́шади (stávitʹ telégu vperedí lóšadi) — to put things in the wrong order
• Russian: начина́ть не с того́ конца́ (načinátʹ ne s tovó koncá) — to put things in the wrong order
• Spanish: poner el carro delante de los bueyes — to put things in the wrong order
• Spanish: poner el carro delante del caballo — to put things in the wrong order
• Spanish: poner la venda antes de la herida — to put things in the wrong order
• Spanish: poner el carro delante del burro — to put things in the wrong order
• Spanish: empezar la casa por el tejado — to put things in the wrong order
• Walloon: tchôkî l' tcherete divant les tchvås — to put things in the wrong order
• Walloon: mete li tchår divant les boûs — to put things in the wrong order
• Walloon: brider si tchvå på cou — to put things in the wrong order
• Walloon: mete li tcherowe divant les boûs — to put things in the wrong order