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[ʹsteıb(ə)ldɔ:]ворота конюшни♢
to lock /to shut/ the stable door when the horse is stolen - ≅ после драки кулаками махать -
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сущ.••to shut / lock the stable door after the horse is stolen — после драки кулаками махать
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голландская дверь( с полотном, разделенным по горизонтали на две половины) ворота конюшни > to lock /to shut/ the * when the horse is stolen после драки кулаками махатьБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > stable door
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голландская дверь (с полотном, разделённым по горизонтали на две половины) -
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['steɪb(ə)ldɔː]1) Общая лексика: ворота конюшни2) Техника: голландская дверь (с полотном, разделённым по горизонтали на две половины)3) Строительство: ворота с калиткой, дверь со створками из двух частей (разделённых горизонтально) -
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ворота конюшниАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > stable door
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ворота с калиткой; дверь со створками из двух частей ( разделённых горизонтально) -
9 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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10 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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11 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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12 close the stable door after the horse has bolted
Пословица: махать кулаками после дракиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > close the stable door after the horse has bolted
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13 it is too late to lock the stable-door when the horse is stolen
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > it is too late to lock the stable-door when the horse is stolen
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14 it's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted
1) Общая лексика: бесполезно запирать конюшню, когда лошадь сбежалаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > it's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted
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15 lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen
Макаров: что толку конюшню запирать, когда коня укралиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen
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16 lock the stable door when the horse is stolen
Общая лексика: после драки кулаками махатьУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > lock the stable door when the horse is stolen
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17 lock the stable-door after the horse is stolen
Пословица: после драки кулаками не машут (дословно: Запирать дверь конюшни, после того как лошадь уже украдена), после пожара да за водой (дословно: Запирать дверь конюшни, после того как лошадь уже украдена)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > lock the stable-door after the horse is stolen
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18 shut the stable door after the horse has bolted
Пословица: махать кулаками после дракиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > shut the stable door after the horse has bolted
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19 shut the stable door when the horse is stolen
Общая лексика: после драки кулаками махатьУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > shut the stable door when the horse is stolen
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20 It is too late to lock the stable door when the horse is stolen.
<04> После драки кулаками не машут. Proverb (Пословица).Англо-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом > It is too late to lock the stable door when the horse is stolen.
См. также в других словарях:
stable door — noun count 1. ) a door on a stable 2. ) a door in two halves, with a top part that can be left open when the bottom part is shut => DOOR … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stable door — noun A door with upper and lower halves able to be closed independently • • • Main Entry: ↑stable … Useful english dictionary
stable door — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms stable door : singular stable door plural stable doors 1) a door on a stable 2) a door in two halves, with a top part that can be left open when the bottom part is shut • close the stable door after the horse… … English dictionary
stable door — /ˈsteɪbəl dɔ/ (say staybuhl daw) noun Also, Dutch door. 1. a door cut through horizontally at half its height, with each half separately hung. –phrase 2. shut the stable door after the horse has bolted, to take preventive action after a disaster… …
stable-door — see it is too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted … Proverbs new dictionary
stable door — noun a door of a kind found in a stable, divided into two parts horizontally so that one half may be shut and the other left open … English new terms 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
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
close the stable door after the horse has bolted — If people try to fix something after the problem has occurred, they are trying to close the stable door after the horse has bolted. Close the barn door after the horse has bolted is alternative, often used in American English … The small dictionary of idiomes
shut the stable door when the horse has bolted — If you shut the stable door after the horse has bolted, you try to prevent something bad from happening when it is already too late. Jack decided to insure the contents of his apartment after it was burgled. Now that s shutting the… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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