盗人捕らえて縄綯う Nusubito toraete nawa nau.

  • 解釈:泥棒を捕まえた後で縄を綯っても間に合わないという意で、執るべき処置が遅れて間に合わないことのたとえ。
  • Literal:After the thief has been captured, it is supposed to make the rope to panic.
  • Interpretation:To dig a well to put out a house on fire. It is not in time.
  • 類義:
GLN 日本の諺・金言・名言 A proverb, a maxim, and a wise saying of Japan.