意味: bolted 
bəʊlt n. ボルト; 差し錠; 電光; 逃避 v. ボルトで締まっている; ボルトで締める; 差し錠で締める; 急いで逃げ出す; ふるいにかける; 早食いする adv. 真っすぐに; 完全に
close the barn door after the horse has bolted イディオム
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.Lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
If someone takes action too late, they do this; there is no reason to lock an empty stable.lock the barn door after the horse has bolted
lock the barn door after the horse has boltedAlso, lock the stable door after the horse is stolen. Take precautions after damage has occurred. For example, After the burglary they installed an alarm system, but it's locking the barn door, or Deciding to negotiate now after they've been fired—that's a matter of locking the stable door after the horse is stolen. These expressions of action that is useless because it comes too late have long been proverbs in many languages and first appeared in English in the mid-1300s.
close the barn aperture afterwards the horse has bolted
To try to anticipate or adjust a botheration afterwards the accident has already been done. It isn't account replacing the oil clarify on the agent now—you can't abutting the barn aperture afterwards the horse has bolted.Learn more: after, barn, bolt, close, door, horse
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