comenzar la casa por el tejado

USAGE NOTE
This idiom may be literally translated as "to start building the house from the roof" and may also be written "empezar la casa por el tejado."
An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
intransitive verb phrase
1.
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
(idiom)
(to revert the logical order of things)
Regionalism used in Spain
(Spain)
a. to put the cart before the horse
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
(idiom)
Si no te documentas sobre el tema antes de empezar a escribir el libro, será como comenzar la casa por el tejado.If you don't research the topic before you start writing the book, it'll be like putting the cart before the horse.
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