查询词典 put the cart before the horse

you can pull a horse to a river, but you can not make him drink：牛不喝水强按头

老牛拉破车 put the horse before the cart | 牛不喝水强按头 you can pull a horse to a river, but you can not make him drink | 热锅上的蚂蚁 like a cat on hot bricks

Failure teaches succuss：失败是成功之母

Don't put the cart before the horse. 不要本末倒置. | Failure teaches succuss. 失败是成功之母. | God helps those that help themselves. 自助者自有天助.

Don't trouble trouble untile trouble troubles you：不要自找麻烦

Don't put cart before the horse --->不要本末倒置. | Don't trouble trouble untile trouble troubles you. --->不要自找麻烦. | Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs --->不要班门弄斧.

have a card up one's sleeve：成竹在胸

59. Teach fish to swim. 班门弄斧. | 60. Have a card up one's sleeve. 成竹在胸. | 61. Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置.

May I ask for quarter：能不能请你高抬贵手

You put the cart before a horse.你本末倒置 | May I ask for quarter?能不能请你高抬贵手? | The scalded cat fears cold water.一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳

Dreams go by contraries：梦与现实常相反

Don't put the cart before the horse. 勿本末倒置 | Dreams go by contraries. 梦与现实常相反 | Dumb dogs are dangerous. 哑巴狗最危险

Dreams go by contraries：[谚]梦与现实常相反

Don't put the cart before the horse.^[谚]勿本末倒置. | Dreams go by contraries.^[谚]梦与现实常相反. | Dumb dogs are dangerous.^[谚]哑巴狗最危险.

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<P>Don't put the cart before the horse. 勿本末倒置</P> | <P>Dreams go by contraries. 梦与现实常相反</P> | <P>Dumb dogs are dangerous. 哑巴狗最危险</P>

Jack-of-all-trades：是"多面手",而不是"各行的杰克

Jack leg是"外行",而不是"杰克的腿". | Jack-of-all-trades是"多面手",而不是"各行的杰克". | Don't put horse before the cart. 是"不要本末倒置",而不是"别把马车套到马前面".

colonial rule：殖民统治

colonial protectorate;殖民保护地;殖民被保护国;; | colonial rule;殖民统治;; | Colonial Secretary;辅政司;;

matrimonial agency：婚姻介绍所

21 deep love 深沉的爱情 | 22 matrimonial agency 婚姻介绍所 | 23 lover,sweetheart 情人