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泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う
Hiragana
どろぼうをとらえてなわをなう
Phrase
figuratively
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
事態が起こってから、あわてて対策や準備をすること / 順序を誤って物事に取りかかること
Easy Japanese Meaning
なにかわるいことがおきてから、あわててよういをするようすをたとえていうことば
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
事后才做准备，为时已晚 / 做事顺序颠倒，本末倒置 / 到最后关头才开始
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
事情發生後才匆忙準備 / 臨時抱佛腳 / 遲來的補救措施
Korean Meaning
소 잃고 외양간 고치다 / 뒤늦게 준비하다 / 본말이 전도되다
Vietnamese Meaning
Lo liệu muộn màng sau khi sự việc đã diễn ra / Làm vào phút chót; nước đến chân mới nhảy / Làm trái trình tự; đặt xe trước ngựa
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(figuratively, idiomatic) to make one's preparations after events have already begun: to put the cart before the horse, to start something in the eleventh hour
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(figuratively, idiomatic) to make one's preparations after events have already begun: to put the cart before the horse, to start something in the eleventh hour
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泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う
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He is acting like catching a thief and tying him up by pointing out others' mistakes without admitting his own failures.
He is acting like catching a thief and tying him up by pointing out others' mistakes without admitting his own failures.
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彼は、自分の失敗を認めずに、他人のミスを指摘することで泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯うような行動をしている。
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