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See: LOCK THE BARN DOOR AFTER THE HORSE IS STOLEN.

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lock the barn door after the horse is stolen

[lock the barn door after the horse is stolen] To be careful or try to make something safe when it is too late. - A proverb. * /After Mary failed […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

steal

[steal] See: [LOCK THE BARN DOOR AFTER THE HORSE IS STOLEN]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[door] See: [AT DEATH'S DOOR], [AT ONE'S DOOR], [CLOSED-DOOR], [CLOSE ITS DOORS], [CLOSE THE DOOR] or [BAR THE DOOR] or [SHUT THE DOOR], [DARKEN ONE'S DOOR] or [DARKEN THE DOOR], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[horse] See: [BET ON THE WRONG HORSE], [CART BEFORE THE HORSE], [CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM] or [CHANGE HORSES IN MIDSTREAM], [EAT LIKE A HORSE], [HOLD ONE'S […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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