put before Idiom

age before beauty

the older person should be allowed to enter first """Age before beauty,"" she said as she opened the door for me."

before long

soon.

calm before the storm

(See the calm before the storm)

cart before the horse

(See the cart before the horse)

cast pearls before swine

waste something on someone who won

count your chickens before they hatch

depend heavily on plans, spend money that you have not received "Politicians have learned not to ""count their chickens"" before the election."

don't count your chickens before they hatch

do not expect all plans to be successful, wait until you get the final results """Look at the sales I'm going to make this month - over 50!"" ""Don't count your chickens... ."""

morning after (the night before)

a hangover He

pride goeth before a fall

you lose self-respect before you do an evil deed Is this saying in the Bible? Pride goeth before a fall.

put the cart before the horse

do things in the wrong order I think that he is putting the cart before the horse by talking about fixing up the house before he even buys it.

put (someone or something) afore (someone or something)

1. To abode or set addition or article in advanced or at the bottom of addition or something. They put plates of alien fruits, meats, and cheeses afore their guests. The association put her afore the behemothic ape as an alms to advice assure their apple from harm.2. To present addition or article for application or judgment. You will be put afore God to accept your sins advised and the fate of your abiding body determined. She put the affirmation afore her parents to prove that she was not the one who bankrupt the television.3. To abode added value, importance, or affair on addition or article as against to addition actuality or thing. I put my babe afore aggregate and anybody else—she is my absolute world. She put her career afore her family, and they all resented her for it.Learn more: before, put

put before

v.
1. To abode article in advanced of addition or something, abnormally as an offering: The waiters put plates of cheese afore us.
2. To present some advice or altercation to addition or article for consideration: The advocate put the affirmation afore the judge. The final arguments were put afore the jury.
3. To accede addition or article as actuality added important than addition or article else: He consistently put his ancestors afore his career as an artist. Learn more: before, put

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More Idioms/Phrases

put someone in the picture put (someone) out put (something or someone) out of one put (something or someone) out of one's head/mind put (something) over on someone put (something) past someone (negative) put stock in put the bite on someone put the cart before the horse put the finishing touches on put the heat on put the kibosh on put the screws to someone put them up put things in perspective put through the wringer put to bed (print media)