Cómo Pronunciar "close the stable door after the horse has bolted"

expression

KLOHS (or KLOHZ) thuh STAY-buhl DOR AF-ter thuh HORS HAZ (or huz) BOHL-tid

KLOHZ thuh (or thee) STAY-buhl DAW AHF-tuh thuh (or thee) HAWSE HAZ BOHL-tid

Definición

To try to prevent something bad after it has already happened, when it is too late to make a difference.

Inglés Americano

ˈkɫoʊs/, /ˈkɫoʊz/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈsteɪbəɫ/ /ˈdɔɹ/ /ˈæftɝ/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈhɔɹs/ /ˈhæz/, /həz/ /ˈboʊɫtəd/, /ˈboʊɫtɪd

Inglés Británico

kləʊz/ /ðə, ði/ /stˈeɪbəl/ /dˈɔː/ /ˈɑːftɐ/ /ðə, ði/ /hˈɔːs/ /hˈæz/ /bˈəʊltɪd

EE.UU.

KLOHS (or KLOHZ) thuh STAY-buhl DOR AF-ter thuh HORS HAZ (or huz) BOHL-tid

KLOHZ thuh (or thee) STAY-buhl DAW AHF-tuh thuh (or thee) HAWSE HAZ BOHL-tid

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.