"Wagging the horse" is a great turn of phrase, better than "putting the cart before the dog."
Good ol' malaphors. I'm quite fond of "the cat's out of Pandora's box", "cross my I's and dot my T's", and "measure once cut twice".
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Good ol' malaphors. I'm quite fond of "the cat's out of Pandora's box", "cross my I's and dot my T's", and "measure once cut twice".