The Barn Door Saying

What does close the barn door after the horse has bolted expression mean.

The barn door saying.

You ve got a nuclear bomb and i ve got a nuclear bomb and the only thing stopping us from using them is the fact we both have them. The fly zipper on one s pants. Close the barn door after the horse has bolted phrase. 0 00 0 votes when one door shuts another door opens.

Definitions by the largest idiom dictionary. To be become more conscious in doing something when it is already too late to give useless try to something. It s basically a cold war for individuals. The barn doors are open and the horses are running out because we ve got guns all over the place.

5 00 1 vote when one door closes another door opens. You war doors place. Alternative form of when one door closes another opens. Your cow s out of the barn.

Definition of close the barn door after the horse has bolted in the idioms dictionary. Lock the barn door after the horse is out. I can see the fruit of your loom. Meaning of shut close the stable barn door after the horse has bolted in english shut close the stable barn door after the horse has bolted to be so late in taking action to prevent something bad happening that the bad event has already happened.