OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 45719

close the stable door after the horse has bolted

Meanings (ES + gloss)
a buenas horas mangas verdes
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).
We are now in an election period, with WhatsApp and closed Facebook groups being used, as we speak, in electoral campaigning, but the law has not changed since the DCMS Committee,…
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