Question 1

What does “put the cart before the horse” mean in Spanish?

Accepted Answer

poner el carro delante de los bueyes • poner el carro delante del burro • poner el carro delante del caballo • poner la venda antes de la herida

Question 2

What part of speech is “put the cart before the horse”?

Accepted Answer

verb

Question 3

How is “put the cart before the horse” used in a sentence?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are common word forms of “put the cart before the horse”?

Accepted Answer

put the cart before the horse, puts the cart before the horse, putting the cart before the horse