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it is easy to be wise after the event; it is too late to lock the stable door when the horse is stolen; it's too late to lock the stable door when the horse is stolen; when the calf is drowned, we cover the well; you don't wave your fists after a fight (In tweets, Mr Rogozin shrugged off Norway's displeasure at his visit to Svalbard on Sunday. Earlier he tweeted: "Norwegians bring their tourists here in snowmobiles to explore the 'Soviet heritage'", "I just took a dip in the Arctic Ocean" and – in an ironic comment on the Norwegian protest – "you don't wave your fists after a fight". BBC Alexander Demidov); there is no use crying over spilt milk (Anglophile) |
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cry over spilled milk (плакать над разлитым молоком Bonikid) |
| Makarov. |
you came the day after the fair |
| proverb |
it's easy to be wise after the event; when the daughter is stolen shut pepper gate; it's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted; lock the stable-door after the horse is stolen (дословно: Запирать дверь конюшни, после того как лошадь уже украдена); prophesy after the event; when a thing is done, advice comes too late; the bus is gone; after death the doctor; lock the stable-door after the horse has been stolen; it is easy to be wise after the event (do not say what could have been done, for the time of actions is over); it is too late to lock the stable-door when the horse is stolen; it is late to shut the barn-door when the steed is stolen; after death, the doctor; after meat comes mustard (andrew_egroups); hindsight is 20/20 (Obviously, if I had known what was really going on, I never would've put a rookie on the case, but hindsight is 20/20. – Конечно, если бы я знал, что там на самом деле происходит, я бы ни за что не поставил на это дело новичка, но что поделаешь, после драки кулаками не машут. VLZ_58); brandishing fists after the fight never proves anyone's might |
