close the stable door after the horse has bolted in Spanish
close the stable door after the horse has bolted in Spanish is a buenas horas mangas verdes.
close the stable door after the horse has bolted in Spanish
a buenas horas mangas verdes
(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).
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"close the stable door after the horse has bolted" in Spanish is a buenas horas mangas verdes.
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