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Japanese
Etymology
Phrase consisting of 泥棒 (dorobō, “thief”) + を (o, object particle) + 捕らえて (toraete, conjunctive form of 捕らえる (toraeru, “to capture”)) + 縄 (nawa, “rope”) + を (o, object particle) + 綯う (nau, “to plait, to twist together”).[1]
Literally, “capture a thief, and then plait the rope.” Compare English put the cart before the horse.
Phrase
泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う • (dorobō o toraete nawa o nau)
- (figurative, idiomatic) to make one's preparations after events have already begun: to put the cart before the horse, to start something in the eleventh hour
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