Lock the Barn Door after the Horse is Out

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Lock the Barn Door after the Horse is Out

To be become more conscious in doing something when it is already too late, to give useless try to something

This popular expression has been used in many languages. First in 12th century it came in Latin and later it became quite popular phrase in English. If you buy an expensive horse and keep it in the barn for a night and you forget to lock the door of barn, perhaps next morning, your horse is no more in the barn or is gone or stolen, so it is useless or silly to try something when the time is gone.

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Why practicing too much when you are not in the final? So please do not lock the barn after the horse is out.

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Submitted on February 25, 2019

Verschließen Sie die Scheunentür, nachdem das Pferd aus ist

κλειδώστε την πόρτα του αχυρώνα μετά το άλογο

verrouiller la porte de la grange après la sortie du cheval

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