10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOCK THE STABLE DOOR AFTER THE HORSE HAS BOLTED»
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lock the stable door after the horse has bolted and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
... before midnight, you will be locked out Lock the stable door after the horse has
bolted: Take precautions when it is too late * He closed the door after his pet
escaped from the house so why lock the stable door after the horse has bolted?
I Affi&glt A* • ICS * to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted ; mmn i&tifBm
(After Tom failed the exam, he said he would study hard after that. He wanted to
lock the stable door after the horse has bolted\ MM%i&*mZ& • {Ibtt4-ft to lock up ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... a pay-rise is a stab in the back. stable lock the stable door after the horse has
bolted to take action to stop something from happening after it has already
happened once: After we had that terrible fire in the kitchen, I bought a fire
extinguisher, ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
... a pay-rise is a stab in the back. stable lock the stable door after the horse has
bolted to take action to stop something from happening after it has already
happened once: After we had that terrible fire in the kitchen, I bought a fire
extinguisher, ...
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
Take good care to lock away your jewellery before going away on holiday. lock
the stable door after the horse has bolted pas pilafit, pas se vjelash, si kofini pas
se vjeli □ Also, although the family's remaining valuables are now lodged with
the ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... a betrayal. stable 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
. proverb 6 This saying dates back to medieval times. Until the late 19th century ...
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
lock the stable door after the horse has bolted to take action to stop something
happening after it has already happened. • under lock and key 1 securely locked
up. 2 in prison. © Anglo-Saxon. □ lock someone in to prevent them from getting ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
lock horns to engage in battle, either physical or verbal, lock, stock and barrel
completely; including everything, lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
to take action to stop something happening after it has already happened, under
...
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General Knowledge of English Literature
Rebecca A. Vorsah. fault with a gift. To lock the stable door after the horse has
bolted—to take precautions after the event has occurred, instead of before. To put
the cart before the horse—to mistake the effect for the cause. To drive a
coachand ...
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Film Theory: An Introduction Through
the Senses
Doors are deeply rooted as metaphors in our cultural consciousness: a door can
open onto a brighter future or be slammed shut, one can have a foot in the door
or lock the stable door after the horse has bolted. The gates of Heaven play a ...
Thomas Elsaesser, Malte Hagener, 2010
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOCK THE STABLE DOOR AFTER THE HORSE HAS BOLTED»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
lock the stable door after the horse has bolted is used in the context of the following news items.
No priority, no solution – T.K. Chua
It is also useless to institute investigations, inquiries and audits after each fiasco. Why try to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted? «The Malaysian Insider, Jun 15»
Dead Simple: Identity Theft, the Deceased and Tax Returns
One thing is to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted. Another is to snooze on the job. In one case back in 2010, 2,137 returns were ... «Huffington Post, Apr 13»
