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To attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred; to design and implement a preventive mechanism that is too late (after the first failure instead of before).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
honit bycha
— to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred
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Dutch:
als het kalf verdronken is, dempt men de put
— to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred
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Dutch:
achter de feiten aanlopen
— to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred
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Finnish:
haukotella kissan suussa
— to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred
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French:
c'est de la moutarde après dîner
— to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred
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German:
den Brunnen zudecken, wenn das Kind hineingefallen ist
— to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred
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Hungarian:
eső után köpönyeg
— to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred
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Italian:
chiudere il recinto dopo che i buoi sono scappati
— to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred
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Italian:
chiudere la stalla quando i buoi sono scappati
— to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred
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Italian:
chiudere il cancello quando i buoi sono scappati
— to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred
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Macedonian:
по свадба тапани
(po svadba tapani)
— to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred
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Polish:
mądry Polak po szkodzie
— to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred
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Russian:
по́здно пить боржо́ми, когда́ по́чки отказа́ли
(pózdno pitʹ boržómi, kogdá póčki otkazáli)
— to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred
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Spanish:
a buenas horas mangas verdes
— to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred
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Tagalog:
aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo
— to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred
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Turkish:
at çalındıktan sonra ahırın kapısını kapamak
— to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred
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Welsh:
codi pais ar ôl piso
— to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred
