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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.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > lock the stable door after the horse is stolen
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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/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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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 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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6 shut the barn-door horse is stolen
Concise English-Russian phrasebook > shut the barn-door horse is stolen
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7 door
do:1) (the usually hinged barrier, usually of wood, which closes the entrance of a room, house etc: He knocked loudly on the door.) puerta2) (a means of achieving something: the door to success.) puerta•- doorknob- doorman
- doormat
- doorstep
- doorway
- on one's doorstep
door n puertatr[dɔːSMALLr/SMALL]1 (gen) puerta■ front/back door puerta principalasera■ will you answer the door? ¿quieres abrir la puerta?2 (entrance) puerta, entrada\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLbehind closed doors a puerta cerrada(from) door to door de puerta en puertanext door al lado■ who lives next door? ¿quién vive en la casa de al lado?by the back door figurative use de forma ilegal, ilegalmenteout of doors al aire libreto be on the door hacer de portero,-ato lay something at somebody's door echar la culpa de algo a alguiento show somebody the door echar a alguien, enseñarle la puerta a alguiento show somebody to the door acompañar a alguien hasta la puertato shut/slam the door in somebody's face dar a alguien con la puerta en las naricesdoor handle manilla de la puertadoor key llave de la puertadoor ['dor] n: puerta fn.• entrada s.f.• portal s.m.• portezuela s.f.• puerta s.f.• trampilla s.f.dɔːr, dɔː(r)a) puerta ffront/back door — puerta principalasera
the meeting went on behind closed doors — la reunión se celebró a puerta(s) cerrada(s)
to answer the door — abrir* la puerta
to darken somebody's door — poner* los pies en casa de alguien
to lay something at somebody's door — echarle la culpa de algo a alguien
to lock the barn door after the horse is stolen o (BrE) to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted — tomar precauciones cuando ya es tarde or asno muerto, la cebada al rabo
to show somebody the door — mostrarle* or enseñarle la puerta a alguien, echar a alguien
b) (doorway, entrance) puerta f, entrada fby o through the back door — por la puerta trasera
c) (room, building) puerta fto go from door to door — ir* de puerta en puerta
out of doors: he's not allowed out of doors no le permiten salir; I like having breakfast out of doors — me gusta desayunar al aire libre
d) ( means of access) puerta f[dɔː(r)]when one door shuts, another opens — donde una puerta se cierra, otra se abre
1. N1) (=hinged object) [of room, vehicle] puerta f•
to answer the door — (ir a) abrir la puertaperformance starts at 8pm, doors open at 7 — la actuación empieza a las 8, pero las puertas se abrirán a las 7
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to shut or slam the door in sb's face — cerrar la puerta a algn en las narices *, dar a algn con la puerta en las narices *- lay the blame for sth at sb's doorI'm not sure his death can be laid at the doctor's door — no estoy seguro de que se le pueda achacar su muerte al médico, no estoy seguro de que se pueda echar la culpa or culpar al médico de su muerte
- close the door on sth- open the door to sthmeeting him opened the door to success for me — el encuentro con él me abrió la(s) puerta(s) al éxito
darken 1., knock 3., 1), sliding, slam 2., 1)this could open the door to a flood of claims for compensation — esto podría dar pie a una avalancha de reclamaciones de indemnización
2) (=entrance) puerta f•
he stopped at the door of his office — se detuvo a or en la puerta de su oficinato pay at the door — (Cine, Theat) pagar a la entrada or al entrar
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to be on the door — [of nightclub] hacer de portero, estar en la puerta; (Theat) hacer de acomodador(a) m / ftickets £5 in advance, £6 on the door — la entrada cuesta 5 libras por adelantado, 6 en la puerta
to show sb the door — euph decir a algn dónde está la puerta
3) (=building) puerta fit took seven hours to get there, door to door — de puerta a puerta tardamos siete horas
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next door — (=in the next house) en la casa de al lado; (=in the next room) en la habitación de al ladofoot 1., 1)•
out of doors — al aire libre2.CPDdoor chain N — cadena f (de seguridad) de la puerta
door handle N — (gen) picaporte m; [of car] manija f
door knocker N — aldaba f, llamador m
* * *[dɔːr, dɔː(r)]a) puerta ffront/back door — puerta principal/trasera
the meeting went on behind closed doors — la reunión se celebró a puerta(s) cerrada(s)
to answer the door — abrir* la puerta
to darken somebody's door — poner* los pies en casa de alguien
to lay something at somebody's door — echarle la culpa de algo a alguien
to lock the barn door after the horse is stolen o (BrE) to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted — tomar precauciones cuando ya es tarde or asno muerto, la cebada al rabo
to show somebody the door — mostrarle* or enseñarle la puerta a alguien, echar a alguien
b) (doorway, entrance) puerta f, entrada fby o through the back door — por la puerta trasera
c) (room, building) puerta fto go from door to door — ir* de puerta en puerta
out of doors: he's not allowed out of doors no le permiten salir; I like having breakfast out of doors — me gusta desayunar al aire libre
d) ( means of access) puerta fwhen one door shuts, another opens — donde una puerta se cierra, otra se abre
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8 horse
n. paard; (bij gymnastiek:) paard--------v. opzadelen; paardrijden; op rug dragen[ ho:s]1 paard2 (droog)rek ⇒ schraag, ezel♦voorbeelden:1 eat/work like a horse • eten/werken als een paardlock the stable door/barn door after the horse has bolted/been stolen • de put dempen als het kalf verdronken is〈 informeel〉 hold your horses! • rustig aan!, niet te overhaast!〈 spreekwoord〉 you can lead a horse to the water but you cannot make it drink • men kan een paard wel in 't water trekken, maar niet dwingen dat het drinkt -
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[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