Improving security after a major theft would seem to be a bit like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
shut the stable door when the horse has bolted — If you shut the stable door after the horse has bolted, you try to prevent something bad from happening when it is already too late. Jack decided to insure the contents of his apartment after it was burgled. Now that s shutting the… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
it is too late to shut the stable-door after the horse has bolted — In early use the proverb referred to horse stealing; has bolted is a modern substitution for the traditional is stolen. Cf. medieval Fr. a tart ferme on l’estable, quant li chevaux est perduz, the stable is shut too late, when the horse is lost.… … Proverbs new dictionary
Grayrigg derailment — The scene of the accident. Date and time 23 February 2007, 20:15 GMT Location Grayrigg, Cumbria Coordinates … Wikipedia
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium
