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What (who) is cart before the horse - definition
cart before the horse
(Colloq.) Absurdity, absurd thing, hysteron proteron, topsy-turvy.
Cart before the horse
The expression cart before the horse is an idiom or proverb used to suggest something is done contrary to the natural or normally effective sequence of events.Whiting, Bartlett J.
workhorse
![Harness and carriage horses, such as the [[Dutch harness horse]], are powerful, but of a lighter build and livelier disposition than draft horses](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dutchharnesshorse.jpg?width=200 "Harness and carriage horses, such as the [[Dutch harness horse]], are powerful, but of a lighter build and livelier disposition than draft horses")
![Clydesdale]] at [[Eglinton Country Park]] in Scotland.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Logging in the Larch wood.JPG?width=200 "Clydesdale]] at [[Eglinton Country Park]] in Scotland.")
![Size comparison of a draft horse of [[Percheron]] breeding with a [[stock horse]] type light riding horse](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MuttAndJeffHorses.jpg?width=200 "Size comparison of a draft horse of [[Percheron]] breeding with a [[stock horse]] type light riding horse")
![Two horses hitched to a [[plow]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pair of horses at plough.jpg?width=200 "Two horses hitched to a [[plow]]")
HORSE BRED TO BE A WORKING ANIMAL DOING HARD TASKS SUCH AS PLOWING AND OTHER FARM LABOR
Draught horse; Carthorse; Draft (horse); Dray horse; Cold bloods; Workhorse; Work horse; Breeding to a draft horse; Draft horses; Plough horse; Draught horses; Cart-horse; Cold-blood (horse); Workhorses
(workhorses)
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A workhorse is a horse which is used to do a job, for example to pull a plough.
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If you describe a person or a machine as a workhorse, you mean that they can be relied upon to do a large amount of work, especially work that is dull or routine.
...the Wellington bomber, the great workhorse of the war...
My husband never even looked at me. I was just a workhorse bringing up three children.
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Wikipedia
Cart before the horse
The expression cart before the horse is an idiom or proverb used to suggest something is done contrary to the natural or normally effective sequence of events.Whiting, Bartlett J.
Examples of use of cart before the horse
1. Unfortunately, however, this is a case of putting the cart before the horse.
2. "We‘re interested in the possibility, but they‘re putting the cart before the horse," Manvelov said.
3. This sale would be a tragic case of putting the cart before the horse.
4. Much of the reason lies in the fact that the US–led coalition put the cart before the horse.
5. "At the moment, we are being offered a pig in a poke – the cart before the horse," he said.