Shutting The Barn Door After The Horse Has Bolted

To close the stable door after the horse has bolted.

Shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted.

See full dictionary entry for stable. Close the barn door after the horse has bolted is alternative often used in american english. Shut or lock the stable door after the horse has bolted try to avoid or prevent something bad or unwelcome when it is already too late to do so. Until the late 19th century it was used in the form shut the stable door after the steed is stolen.

After bolt closing door horse stable. Meaning of shut close the stable barn door after the horse has bolted in english shut close the stable barn door after the horse has bolted to be so late in taking action to prevent something bad happening that the bad event has already happened thesaurus. If you try to replace the oil filter on the engine now you re just closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. Synonyms and related words.

Closing 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.