stable door
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The regulations’ impact, as before, will be to shut the stable door long after the horse is roaming free in the paddock, eating all of the best grass.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
Back then, full-length Nasa spacewear shredded record books to tickertape before the sport's governing body banned them and belatedly bolted the stable door.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2021
I believe the dark horse has just kicked the stable door down.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 10, 2015
Sir John suggested the government's action was like "shutting the stable door after the arms have bolted".
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2014
Four men in uniforms of the Governor’s guard filed in through the stable door.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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