- there is no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted; squeezing your buttocks after you have fartedproverb
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- there is no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted; squeezing your buttocks after you have farted
This phrase is used to indicate that an action taken after a mistake or problem has occurred is pointless, emphasizing that it's too late to rectify the situation.
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へをひって屁をひってしり尻すぼめる窄めるto squeeze your buttocks after you have fartedへ屁をひくto fartいいわけ言い訳をしてもへをひって屁をひってしり尻すぼめ窄めThere’s no point in making excuses after you have already fartedこうかい後悔してもへをひって屁をひってしり尻すぼめ窄めRegretting it is pointless after you have already fartedしり尻すぼめる窄めるto clench one’s buttocksへをひった屁をひったあと後のしり尻すぼめ窄めsqueezing your buttocks after fartingなん何をやってもへをひって屁をひってしり尻すぼめ窄めNo matter what you do, it’s futile to squeeze your buttocks after farting