Shutting The Barn Door After The Horse Has Bolted

After bolt closing door horse stable.

Shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted.

To close the stable door after the horse has bolted. If you try to replace the oil filter on the engine now you re just closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. Closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. See full dictionary entry for stable.

Proverb this saying dates back to medieval times. 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. 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 people try to fix something after the problem has occurred they are trying to close the stable door after the horse has bolted.

Synonyms and related words. Close the barn door after the horse has bolted is alternative often used in american english.