To put the horse behind the cart.
More Dutch Proverbs:
A penny spared is better than a florin gained.Dutch
Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood.
Dutch
From little things men go on to great.
Dutch
A wolf hankers after sheep even at his last gasp.
Dutch
In the company of the good, we become good.
Dutch
Who undertakes many things at once seldom does anything well.
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