cart horse

基本解释

He could be a cart horse or a lead pony.
他可以拉货车或是在赛场上做引路马。
I don't rate myself as a fantastic, talented athlete. I just have perseverance. I'm a cart horse. I work hard.
我不认为自己是一个出色而又天资高的运动员。我有的就是不屈不挠的毅力。我就是辆拉货的马车，我努力工作。
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"It's fundamentally clear that the McLaren wing design is totally illegal, " Bell told the BBC. "They have driven a cart horse through the spirit of the rules and regulations.
很明显麦克拉伦的尾翼设计是完全违规的“，Bell 对BBC这么说," 他们无视了赛会制度以及规则的精神，此举将会带来另一场装备的竞赛，各大车队会因此花费很多钱，管理机构处理这种情况时应该更为强硬一些。”

This in some ways might seem a case of putting the cart before the horse or the cart before the course maybe because how can you say how can we say ? what political philosophy is in advance of doing it?
这好像有点,本末倒置,或说未卜先知,因为你们怎能谈，我们怎能,先谈政治哲学，之后再来实作呢？
耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选
So there is this story about his Uncle Hoskins who takes his horse and cart with Richard in the back and drives it into the middle of the Mississippi River as a kind of practical joke on Richard.
有个故事是关于他的叔叔Hoskins的,他让理查坐在他的马车后,却连人带车掉到密西西比河里,这被作为了一个理查的真实笑话。
耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Ironic also is that these twin ideologies both put the cart before the horse.
FORBES: Monetarism and Keynesianism: Identical Sides of the Same Adolescent Coin
In so doing, the administration placed the cart before the horse, with predictable results.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The long road to victory

A cart horse is a large, powerful horse that is used to pull carts or farm machinery.