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lock the stable door after the horse has bolted

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  • lock the stable door after the horse has bolted — If someone takes action too late, they do this; there is no reason to lock an empty stable …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • lock the stable door after the horse has bolted — close, lock, etc. the stable door after the horse has ˈbolted idiom (BrE) (US close, etc. the barn door after the horse has eˈscaped) to try to prevent or avoid loss or damage when it is already too late to do so Main entry: ↑stable door …   Useful english dictionary

  • close the stable door after the horse has bolted — phrase used for saying that something has been done too late because the problem it should have prevented has already happened Thesaurus: late or too latesynonym Main entry: stable door * * * close, lock, etc. the stable door after the horse has… …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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

  • lock the stable door after the horse has bolted —    If someone takes action too late, they do this; there is no reason to lock an empty stable.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Lock the stable door after the horse has bolted —   If someone takes action too late, they do this; there is no reason to lock an empty stable …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • horse — /hɔs / (say haws) noun 1. a large, solid hoofed quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, and employed as a beast of draught and burden and for carrying a rider. 2. a male horse, fully grown and past its fourth birthday. 3 …  

  • lock — see it is too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • Barn — This article is about the building. For other uses, see Barn (disambiguation). A barn in Pennsylvania, U.S. A barn is an agricultural building used for storage and as a covered workplace. It may sometimes be used to house livestock or to store… …   Wikipedia

  • bolt — [[t]bo͟ʊlt[/t]] bolts, bolting, bolted 1) N COUNT A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together. 2) VERB When you bolt one thing to another, you fasten them firmly together, using a bolt. [V n to n]… …   English dictionary

  • List of problems solved by MacGyver — This is a list of problems that have been solved by the fictional character MacGyver from the television series of the same name. (This list is not yet comprehensive.) MacGyver employs his resourcefulness and his knowledge of chemistry,… …   Wikipedia

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