put the cart before the horse
出典: フリー多機能辞典『ウィクショナリー日本語版（Wiktionary）』
[編集] 英語
[編集] 成句
to put the cart before the horse
- （熟語）順序をはき違える事。本末転倒。（直訳：荷車で馬を引く）
- 1898, Julian Hawthorne, The History of the United States, ch. 1,
- 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 the horse, and declare that it is the man that brings the hour.
- 1957, "Corruption of the Mind," Time, 2 Dec.,
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- To attempt to remove the armaments before removing these substantive conflicts of interest is to put the cart before the horse.
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- 2005, David D. Kirkpatrick, "Timing of Hearings and Vote Stalls Confirmation Talks," New York Times, 27 Jul. (retrieved 6 Nov. 2008),
- Mr. Schumer said that the idea of agreeing to a date for a vote before the committee had held hearings was "to put the cart before horse."
- 1898, Julian Hawthorne, The History of the United States, ch. 1,
[編集] 翻訳
- スペイン語： poner el carro delante de los bueyes
- ロシア語： ставить телегу впереди лошади
- 中国語：本末倒置
