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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
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Kanji

デイ • ナイ • デ • ニ

どろ • なず.む

mud; mire; adhere to; be attached to

Grade Level 8

8 Strokes

ボウ

rod; stick; cane; pole; club; line

Grade Level 6

12 Strokes

と.らえる • と.らわれる • と.る • とら.える • とら.われる • つか.まえる • つか.まる

catch; capture

Grade Level 8

10 Strokes

ジョウ

なわ • ただ.す

straw rope; cord

Grade Level 4

15 Strokes

Synonyms

泥縄

どろなわ

  • measure taken too late; measure taken in haste n abbr
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泥縄式

どろなわしき

  • last minute; eleventh hour n adj-no
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