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close the stable door after the horse has bolted verb

  • (idiomatic) 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).
 по́здно пить боржо́ми, когда́ по́чки отказа́ли, после пожара да за водой
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