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barn door

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
barn door n	(door of a farm building)	puerta de establo, puerta de granero, puerta del establo, puerta del granero grupo nom
	Buying an alarm system after you've been burgled is a lot like closing the barn door after the horses are out.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
closing the stable door after the horse has bolted, shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted n	figurative, informal (acting too late) (AR, coloquial)	tarde piaste expr
	Tony's debts are huge now; buying a few items second-hand seems like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.
	Las deudas de Tom son enormes, tarde piaste para andar comprando artículos de segunda mano ahora.

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