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mettre la charrue avant les bœufs:
- Wiktionary:
  mettre la charrue avant les bœufs → put the cart before the horse
  mettre la charrue avant les bœufs → get ahead of oneself

French

Detailed Translations for mettre la charrue avant les bœufs from French to English

mettre la charrue avant les bœufs: ^{(*Using Word and Sentence Splitter)}

mettre: lay; set; deposit; place; station; situate; put down; set down; laydown; dress; put on; put; position; add; locate; fit; set up; assemble; construct; install; instal; cause; instigate; secure; fasten; tie up; bring down; take down; pull to; serve; serve out; lay down; put something down; lay something down
émettre: emanate; exude; send out; issue; publish; forward; remit; send to; supply; send; mail; ship; emit; broadcast
la: the
là: there; over there; that way; at that place; to; on; upon; at; in; up
charrue: plough; farming tool; farming equipment
avant: before that; before; previously; in advance; during; in the course of; at which time; before this; fore-part of a ship; forward; striker; attacker
les: them; the

Wiktionary Translations for mettre la charrue avant les bœufs:

mettre la charrue avant les bœufs

verb

(figuré) commencer par où l’on devrait finir, faire avant ce qui devrait être fait après, faire les choses dans le désordre.
- mettre la charrue avant les bœufs → put the cart before the horse

mettre la charrue avant les bœufs

to focus excessively on prospective future events
- get ahead of oneself → s'emballer; mettre la charrue avant les bœufs; brûler les étapes

verb

to put things in the wrong order
- put the cart before the horse → mettre la charrue avant les bœufs

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