Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is put the cart before the horse and it is a phrase meaning “do things in the wrong order; reverse/change the method of doing something”.
Example Sentence: The key missing component in all these changes in the labour ecosystem is social dialogue. Not only are sustained processes of consultations with workers being short-circuited or ignored altogether, but these are also being considered anathema by almost all ruling dispensations irrespective of political persuasions. Remaining deterministic and sound proofed to entertaining contrarian views and differences of opinion, the top-down approach of governance often puts the cart before the horse. In doing so, it prioritises a favourable investment climate over the well-being of workers.
This phrase is present in In ‘India as Eden’ offer, the apple of diluted labour laws and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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