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泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う；泥棒を捕らえて縄をなう
【どろぼうをとらえてなわをなう】

[exp,v5u] [proverb]
▶ starting something in the eleventh hour
▶ have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain
▶ don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen
▶ braiding the rope only after the thief is caught

Cross references:
	⇔ see: 1656370 泥縄【どろなわ】 1. measure taken too late; measure taken in haste
	⇔ see: 1729700 泥縄式【どろなわしき】 1. last-minute; eleventh-hour

Conjugations

History:

3.	A 2022-08-01 04:18:44 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Add POS to proverbs -- via bulkupd.py --
	Diff:	@@ -14,0 +15 @@ +<pos>&v5u;</pos>
2.	A 2017-01-30 00:59:20 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -14 +13,0 @@ -<pos>&n;</pos> @@ -21,2 +20,2 @@ -<gloss>Have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain</gloss> -<gloss>Don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen</gloss> +<gloss>have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain</gloss> +<gloss>don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen</gloss>
1.	A* 2017-01-29 23:56:17 Stephen Christenson <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	http://kotowaza-allguide.com/to/doroboutoraetenawa.html

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