putting the cart before the horse |
主客転倒 [しゅきゃくてんとう] /(n,vs) reversing the order of (relative) importance (of)/putting the cart before the horse/the tables being turned/mistaking the insignificant for the essential/EntL2046690X/ ------- 主客転倒;主客顛倒 [しゅかくてんとう] /(n,vs) reversing the order of (relative) importance (of)/putting the cart before the horse/the tables being turned/mistaking the insignificant for the essential/mistaking the means for the end/EntL1594810X/ ------- 主客顛倒 [しゅきゃくてんとう] /(n,vs) reversing the order of (relative) importance (of)/putting the cart before the horse/the tables being turned/mistaking the insignificant for the essential/EntL2046700X/ ------- 本末転倒;本末顛倒 [ほんまつてんとう] /(n,vs,adj-no) failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of)/putting the cart before the horse/mistaking the cause for the end/mistaking the insignificant for the essential/getting one's priorities backwards/EntL1603640X/ |