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closing/shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted

trying to stop something bad happening when it has already happened and the situation cannot be changed Improving security after a major theft would seem to be a bit like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.

See also: after, bolt, door, has, horse, stable

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Depriving nurses of snacks and drinks seems not only petty but shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted. Daily Post Your Voice In Wales: Cleanliness, education and sense by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Byline: By Kathy Secker The row over Iorworth Hoare's pounds 7m lottery win seems to me not unlike shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted. Blame Labour for Lotto row by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) Byline: GH TONY BLAIR'S "Respect" agenda is a classic case of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted. Letter: COMMENT & ANALYSIS - Doomed to fail; LETTERS to the EDITOR by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			shroud shroud in Shrouds have no pockets shrug shrug off shrug shoulders shuck shuck off shucks! shuffle shuffle off this mortal coil shush shut shut down Shut face! shut off shut out shut the door on Shut the stable door after the horse has bolted shut up Shut up about it shut up like a clam shut up shop Shut up! Shut your cake hole! shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted shuttle shuttle diplomacy shuttle from shy shy away shy away from shy of sic on sick sick as a dog sick at heart sick in bed sick of sick to death sick to death of sick to stomach side side against side by side side with sideline sidle sidle away sidle up sift			shutting down shutting down shutting eyes shutting eyes shutting eyes shutting eyes shutting it shutting it shutting it shutting it shutting mind shutting mind shutting mind shutting mind shutting mind against shutting mind against shutting mind against shutting mind against shutting off shutting off shutting off shutting off shutting out shutting out shutting out shutting out shutting post shutting post shutting shoe shutting stile shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted shutting up shutting up shutting up shutting up shutting up shop shutting up shop shutting up shop shutting up shop shutting up shop shuttle shuttle shuttle shuttle Shuttle Acceleration Measurement Systems Shuttle Activation Task Force Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment shuttle armature Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory shuttle bombing Shuttle box Shuttle box shuttle bus shuttle car Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Shuttle Carrier Aircraft/Shuttle Mission Simulator Shuttle Cock Shuttle Cock Shuttle Coherent Atmospheric LIDAR Experiment Shuttle Command & Voice Multiplexer shuttle conveyor

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closing the stable door after the horse has bolted (redirected from shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted)

closing the stable door after the horse has bolted
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