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• shut (or bolt) the stable door after the horse has bolted — Brit. try to prevent something undesirable when it is already too late to do so. → stable …   English new terms dictionary

• 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

• shut — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb Shut is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑door, ↑eye, ↑factory, ↑gate, ↑mouth, ↑shop Shut is used with these nouns as the object: ↑blind, ↑boot, ↑box, ↑briefcase, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• shut — v 1. close, close up, close off, seal, seal up, seal off, occlude, obturate; lock, padlock, bolt, latch. 2. block, obstruct, occlude, barricade, blockade, stand in the way; stop, stay, arrest; clog, choke, congest, jam; impede, hinder, get in the …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• shut — Synonyms and related words: ban, bang, bar, barricade, batten, batten down, blank, blind, blind alley, block out, bolt, bolted, bottle up, box in, button, button up, cease, cecal, choke, choke off, choked, choked off, clap, close, close down,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• shut — see a shut mouth catches no flies a door must either be shut or open when one door shuts, another opens it is too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted …   Proverbs new dictionary

• shut the stable door after the horse has bolted — I try to avert something bad or unwelcome when it is already too late to do so II try to avoid or prevent something bad or unwelcome when it is already too late to do so …   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

• close, shut — These words mean to cause something not to be open, to stop or obstruct. Close is somewhat more refined and less blunt than shut. For instance, you might tactfully suggest to a child that he close his mouth while chewing but would say Shut your… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• bolt — 01. He couldn t find any nuts to fit the [bolts] he was using. 02. You ll need to screw that [bolt] in a little tighter. 03. This [bolt] is too tight; you should loosen it a bit. 04. I had to screw the [bolt] in with my fingernail because I didn… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Cocoanut Grove fire — The Cocoanut Grove was Boston s premier nightclub during the post Prohibition 1930s and 40s. On November 28, 1942, occurred the scene of what remains the deadliest nightclub fire, killing 492 people (which in itself was 32 more than the building… …   Wikipedia