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cart horse

A big sturdy black fellow that looks like they can pull a cart with no problems.
That boy is built like a big cart horse.
by Derek Beardraven May 7, 2018
mugGet the cart horsemug.

cart before the horse

Putting the cart before the horse is doing something in the opposite or reverse order, as in "Don't put the cart before the horse."
He put the cart before the horse when he bought the house before he got the loan."
by Jack Hayslett September 17, 2008
mugGet the cart before the horsemug.

putting the cart before the horse

"She's buying a lot of new furniture before she has a job. She's putting the cart before the horse.
by KeeganBM June 1, 2014
mugGet the putting the cart before the horsemug.

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