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Tommy Tran
2021-03-14 08:03
Put the Cart Before the Horse proverb disapproval informal
Not to do things in the right order or method
I think you're putting the cart before the horse by leaving your current job without getting a new one.
You should ask for permission before doing something. Don't put the cart before the horse.
Don't put the cart before the horse by saying something without consideration.
The verb "put" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase was used in the 16th century and was appeared in John Heywood's A Dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the Prouerbes in the Englishe tongue, 1589:
"To tourne the cat in the pan, Or set the cart before the hors."
This phrase was a figure of speech in the Renaissance. A variant of it is used by William Shakespeare in King Lear Act I:
"May not an ass know when the cart draws the horse?"
Do you see anything wrong?
1. The phrase is used to talk about the earth that is broken up and flattened by a harrow.
2. If somebody is under the harrow, he or she is forced to experience distress, or torment.
1. About 1000 hectares of farmland have been under the harrow for 2 hours.
2. Many families are under the harrow because of the economic recession.
