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61 lock the barn-door after the horse is stolen
(aмep.)"зaпepeть кoнюшню пocлe тoгo, кaк лoшaдь укpaли", пpинимaть мepы пpeдocтopoжнocти cлишкoм пoзднo (cp. зaдним умoм кpeпoк)'Ambulance?' said the Times reporter. 'Isn't that rather like shutting the barn door after the horse has left?' (P. Benchley)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > lock the barn-door after the horse is stolen
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62 not to be able to hit a barn-door
разг.‘That's one of these gunwomen,’ he said, keeping back out of sight. ‘Shucks, Toy,’ somebody said, ‘She's just a girl. She couldn't hit a barn door.’ (E. Caldwell, ‘Jackpot’, ‘The Shooting’) — - Это ведь одна из вооруженных бандиток, - сказал Той, стараясь держаться подальше. - Что за вздор, Той, - заметил кто-то. - Это простая девчонка. Такая в двух шагах от цели промажет.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > not to be able to hit a barn-door
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63 lock the stable door/barn door after the horse has bolted/been stolen
lock the stable door/barn door after the horse has bolted/been stolenEnglish-Dutch dictionary > lock the stable door/barn door after the horse has bolted/been stolen
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64 shut the barn-door horse is stolen
Concise English-Russian phrasebook > shut the barn-door horse is stolen
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65 close the barn door behind the horse
English-spanish dictionary > close the barn door behind the horse
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66 he is so near-sighted that he couldn't hit a barn door
English-Dutch dictionary > he is so near-sighted that he couldn't hit a barn door
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67 nail to the counter/the barn-door
nail to the counter/the barn-doorEnglish-Dutch dictionary > nail to the counter/the barn-door
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68 a barn door
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69 as big as a barn-door
Общая лексика: очень больших размеров -
70 chalk on the barn-door
Общая лексика: производить приблизительные подсчётыУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > chalk on the barn-door
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71 he can't hit a barn door
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > he can't hit a barn door
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72 it is late to shut the barn-door when the steed is stolen
Пословица: после драки кулаками не машутУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > it is late to shut the barn-door when the steed is stolen
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73 nail to the barn-door
Общая лексика: выставить (кого-л.) на поругание, выставлять на поругание, пригвоздить ( кого-л.) к позорному столбу -
74 not to be able to hit a barn-door
Общая лексика: быть никудышным стрелком, быть очень плохим стрелком, быть плохим стрелком, мазатьУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > not to be able to hit a barn-door
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75 shine like a shitten barn door
Табуированная лексика: ярко сверкатьУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > shine like a shitten barn door
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76 chalk on the barn-door
делать оценки; производить приближённые вычисленияEnglish-Russian electronics dictionary > chalk on the barn-door
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77 chalk on the barn-door
делать оценки; производить приближённые вычисленияThe New English-Russian Dictionary of Radio-electronics > chalk on the barn-door
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78 as big as a barn-door
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79 not to be able to hit a barn-door
būt sliktam šāvējamEnglish-Latvian dictionary > not to be able to hit a barn-door
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80 to nail to the barn-door
pienaglot pie kauna staba
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lock the barn door after the horse is stolen — To be careful or try to make something safe when it is too late. A proverb. * /After Mary failed the examination, she said she would study hard after that. She wanted to lock the barn door after the horse was stolen./ … Dictionary of American idioms
lock the barn door after the horse is stolen — To be careful or try to make something safe when it is too late. A proverb. * /After Mary failed the examination, she said she would study hard after that. She wanted to lock the barn door after the horse was stolen./ … Dictionary of American idioms
lock\ the\ barn\ door\ after\ the\ horse\ is\ stolen — proverb To be careful or try to make something safe when it is too late. After Mary failed the examination, she said she would study hard after that. She wanted to lock the barn door after the horse was stolen … Словарь американских идиом