put cart before the horse
get cart before the horse
have cart before the horse
Things in wrong order; something backwards or mixed up. An overused expression. Usually used with put but sometimes with get or have.
When the salesman wanted money for goods he hadn't delivered, I told him he was putting the cart before the horse.
To get married first and then get a job is getting the cart before the horse.
put in the way of
put in one's way
To set before (someone); give to (someone); show the way to; help toward.
After Joe graduated, the coach put him in the way of a good job.
The librarian put me in the way of a lot of new material on the subject of my report.
put on the dog
To behave ostentatiously in terms of dress and manner.
"Stop putting on the dog with me," Sue cried at Roy. "I knew the real you from way hack!"
put on the map
To make (a place) well known.
The first successful climb of Mount Matterhorn put Zermatt, Switzerland, on the map.
Shakespeare put his hometown of Stratford-on-Avon on the map.
put one in the picture
To inform someone of all the facts about a given situation.
Сообщать кому-либо полную информацию о ситуации.
Once you're back from your overseas trip, we'll put you in the picture about recent developments at home.
Let me put you in the picture about what happened during your absence.
Давай я просвещу тебя по поводу того, что случилось в твое отсутствие.
put one's hand to the plow
set one's hand to the plow
To start doing something of importance; give yourself to a big job.
We felt that he had put his hand to the plow, and we didn't like it when he quit.
put one's shoulder to the wheel
To make a great effort yourself or with others; try hard; cooperate.
The effort to get a new high school succeeded because everyone put his shoulder to the wheel.
The company was failing in business until a new manager put his shoulder to the wheel.
put oneself in another's place
put oneself in another's shoes
To understand another person's feeling imaginatively; try to know his feelings and reasons with understanding; enter into his trouble.
It seemed like a dreadful thing for Bob to do, but I tried to put myself in his place.
If you will put yourself in the customer's shoes you may realize why the thing isn't selling.