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1 lock the stable door after the horse is stolen
(lock (или shut) the stable door (или stable-door, амер. barn door) after (или when) the horse (или the steed) is stolen)"запереть конюшню после того, как лошадь украли", т. е. принимать меры предосторожности слишком поздно (ср. задним умом крепок)That's locking the stable door after the horse has been stolen. The time to act is now when the workers and their union can still shape and influence policies. — Действовать не сегодня, а завтра - значит запереть конюшню, когда лошадь уже украли. Нужно действовать без промедления, пока рабочие и их профсоюзы еще могут оказывать влияние на политику.
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2 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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3 lock the stable(-)door after
(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 stable(-)door after
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4 lock the stable(-)door after
(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 stable(-)door after
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5 shut the barn-door horse is stolen
Concise English-Russian phrasebook > shut the barn-door horse is stolen
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6 horse
[hɔːs] 1. сущ.1)а) конь, лошадь; скаковая лошадь см. тж. cob, filly, foal, gelding, hunter, mare, nag I, pony, stallion, steed, studdray horse / cart horse брит. / draft horse амер. — лошадь, запрягаемая в повозку
horses canter / gallop — лошади идут галопом
horses neigh / snicker — лошади ржут
an unbroken horse bucks — необъезженная лошадь встает на дыбы / брыкается
to breed / raise horses — разводить лошадей
- riding horseto take horse — сесть на лошадь; ехать верхом
2) кавалерия, конницаSyn:Syn:4) презр.; шутл. жеребец, кобель ( о мужчине)There you are, old horse; don't say I never did you a good turn. — Такие-то дела, старый кобель; только не говори, что я тебе никогда не делал ничего хорошего.
5) спорт. конь ( гимнастический снаряд)6) рама, станок, козлы7) амер.; нарк. героинSyn:8) амер. шпаргалка ( обычно подстрочный перевод)Syn:9) горн. включение пустой породы в руде10) мор. леерSyn:••Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. посл. — Дарёному коню в зубы не смотрят.
Lock the barn door after the horse is stolen. посл. — После драки кулаками не машут.
to beat / flog a dead horse — обсуждать уже решённый вопрос
2. прил.to work like a horse — работать как лошадь, как вол
1) конский, лошадиный2) конныйhorse barge — баржа, которую тянут лошади
4) грубыйSyn:3. гл.4) нести на спине или на плечах5) покрывать кобылу ( о жеребце)•
См. также в других словарях:
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
lock the barn door after the horse is stolen — be careful or try to make something safe when it is too late If you try and prevent a flood after the rains have started it is like locking the barn door after the horse is stolen … Idioms and examples
it is too late to shut the stable-door after the horse has bolted — In early use the proverb referred to horse stealing; has bolted is a modern substitution for the traditional is stolen. Cf. medieval Fr. a tart ferme on l’estable, quant li chevaux est perduz, the stable is shut too late, when the horse is lost.… … Proverbs new dictionary
door — See: AT DEATH S DOOR, AT ONE S DOOR, CLOSED DOOR, CLOSE ITS DOORS, CLOSE THE DOOR or BAR THE DOOR or SHUT THE DOOR, DARKEN ONE S DOOR, or DARKEN THE DOOR, FOOT IN THE DOOR, KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR, LAY AT ONE S DOOR, LOCK THE BARN DOOR AFTER… … Dictionary of American idioms
door — See: AT DEATH S DOOR, AT ONE S DOOR, CLOSED DOOR, CLOSE ITS DOORS, CLOSE THE DOOR or BAR THE DOOR or SHUT THE DOOR, DARKEN ONE S DOOR, or DARKEN THE DOOR, FOOT IN THE DOOR, KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR, LAY AT ONE S DOOR, LOCK THE BARN DOOR AFTER… … Dictionary of American idioms
door — See: at death s door, at one s door, closed door, close its doors, close the door or bar the door or shut the door, darken one s door or darken the door, foot in the door, keep the wolf from the door, lay at one s door, lock the barn door after… … Словарь американских идиом
horse — See: BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, CART BEFORE THE HORSE, CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM or CHANGE HORSES IN MIDSTREAM, EAT LIKE A HORSE, HOLD ONE S HORSES. IRON HORSE, LOCK THE BARN DOOR AFTER THE HORSE IS STOLEN, LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE… … Dictionary of American idioms
horse — See: BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, CART BEFORE THE HORSE, CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM or CHANGE HORSES IN MIDSTREAM, EAT LIKE A HORSE, HOLD ONE S HORSES. IRON HORSE, LOCK THE BARN DOOR AFTER THE HORSE IS STOLEN, LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE… … Dictionary of American idioms
horse — See: bet on the wrong horse, cart before the horse, change horses in the middle of a stream or change horses in midstream, eat like a horse, hold one s horses, iron horse, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen, look a gift horse in the… … Словарь американских идиом
