كيف تنطق "close the stable door after the horse has bolted"
expression
التعريف
To try to prevent something bad after it has already happened, when it is too late to make a difference.
نسخ IPA
الإنجليزية الأمريكية
ˈkɫoʊs/, /ˈkɫoʊz/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈsteɪbəɫ/ /ˈdɔɹ/ /ˈæftɝ/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈhɔɹs/ /ˈhæz/, /həz/ /ˈboʊɫtəd/, /ˈboʊɫtɪd
الإنجليزية البريطانية
kləʊz/ /ðə, ði/ /stˈeɪbəl/ /dˈɔː/ /ˈɑːftɐ/ /ðə, ði/ /hˈɔːs/ /hˈæz/ /bˈəʊltɪd
نطق مبسط
أمريكي
KLOHS (or KLOHZ) thuh STAY-buhl DOR AF-ter thuh HORS HAZ (or huz) BOHL-tid
بريطاني
KLOHZ thuh (or thee) STAY-buhl DAW AHF-tuh thuh (or thee) HAWSE HAZ BOHL-tid
استمع في السياق
It's pointless to close the stable door after the horse has bolted; the files are already gone.
They tried to fix the leak, but it was closing the stable door after the horse had bolted.
You can't close the stable door after the horse has bolted—next time, be prepared.
Introducing new safety rules now is just closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.