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Today's Idiom = "Don't Put The Cart Before The Horse"

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Don't Put The Cart Before The Horse ( certain things will fail if they are not done in the correct order ... )
"don't put the cart before the horse"



"Don't put the cart before the horse" (proverb) says be sure to do things in the proper order, ie. the first thing first, the second thing second, etc. Example: "Hey! First we attatch it, then we put on the chains. Don't put the cart before the horse."



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