engelska-portugisiska översättning av put the cart before the horse

colocar o carro à frente dos boisVotar já sobre a liberalização, sem primeiro regular devidamente este aspecto, é colocar o carro à frente dos bois, e isto não irá funcionar. To vote on liberalisation at this stage, without putting arrangements in place in this area first, is to put the cart before the horse, and this will not work.

To put things in the wrong order or with the wrong priorities; to put something inconsequential as more important than something more essential

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