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. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
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 — 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
