Примеры употребления для put the cart before the horse
1. Much of the reason lies in the fact that the US–led coalition put the cart before the horse.
2. "Damascus does not want preconditions, that would put the cart before the horse ... It does not bargain over its relations with other countries and people," the editorial stated.
3. Welfare Minister Isaac Herzog, a mere month or two after his ouster from his beloved Tourism Ministry, this week pulled out the tired cliche "don‘t put the cart before the horse" to explain his insistence on remaining in Olmert‘s stable.
4. Terming the meeting a routine one, he said, «It was part of the prime minister’s exercise to meet his coalition allies.» «As per this exercise, the prime minister today met Sayeed like a few days back he had met West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.» Asked whether PDP would pull out of the coalition with Congress Kashmir, Sayeed said there was no need to put the cart before the horse.
5. Yesterday’s editorial in Tishrin, which reflects official policy, said that Israel could not lay down conditions ahead of negotiations. «Damascus does not want preconditions, that would put the cart before the horse ... It does not bargain over its relations with other countries and people,» the editorial stated. «It goes without saying that impossible conditions cannot facilitate the work of negotiators,» added the editorial that likened it to «putting stakes in the wheels» of the peace process.