SHUT (OR BOLT) THE STABLE DOOR AFTER THE HORSE HAS BOLTED


Meaning of SHUT (OR BOLT) THE STABLE DOOR AFTER THE HORSE HAS BOLTED in English

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

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