A big sturdy black fellow that looks like they can pull a cart with no problems.
That boy is built like a big cart horse.
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Putting the cart before the horse is doing something in the opposite or reverse order, as in "Don't put the cart before the horse."
He put the cart before the horse when he bought the house before he got the loan."
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Doing things in the wrong order.
"She's buying a lot of new furniture before she has a job. She's putting the cart before the horse.