泥縄式
どろなわしき
- last minute; eleventh hour n adj-no
Kanji
泥
デイ • ナイ • デ • ニ
どろ • なず.む
mud; mire; adhere to; be attached to
縄
ジョウ
なわ • ただ.す
straw rope; cord
式
シキ
style; ceremony; rite; function; method; system; form; expression
Synonyms
泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う
どろぼうをとらえてなわをなう
- 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 exp proverb