stable door
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But he said of the plans to tighten the rules, “There is an element of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
Sir John suggested the government's action was like "shutting the stable door after the arms have bolted".
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2014
At the bank, of course, the stable door was closed after the horse was long gone.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2013
The stable door had been shut – with a slam – after the horse had bolted.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2012
Officer Winya slid open the stable door, and a sour whiff of hay billowed out of the dusty building.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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