ぬすっとをみてなわをなう【盗人を見て縄をなう】
盗人を見て縄をなうとはこのことだIt is like locking the stable door after the horse is stolen.
盗人
⇒どろぼう(泥棒)花盗人a stealer of cherry blossoms/a thief with a poetic turn of mindまあなんと盗人たけだけしいんだろうHow b...
延縄
a longline; a trawl line延縄漁業longline fishing延縄漁船a long-liner
梯子
1〔道具〕a ladder繰り出しはしご〔消防用の〕an extension ladder避難ばしごa fire escape縄ばしごa rope ladderはしごを上る[下りる]climb ...
張る
1〔一面に覆う,満たす〕湖に氷が張ったThe lake is frozen over.桶に水を張るfill a tub with water/fill up a tub2〔平らに(打ち)付ける〕...
引き締める
I1〔強く締める〕tighten切れんばかりに縄を引き締めるstrain a rope to the breaking pointII1〔緊張させる〕brace; strain気を引き締めるbr...
一筋縄
an ordinary means [method]彼は一筋縄ではいかぬ男だHe is very difficult to deal with./《口》 He is a tough customer.
火縄
a fuse (cord)火縄銃a matchlock; a harquebus [hάːrkwəbəs]
紐
I(a) string; (a) cord(▼cordはstringより太いが,ropeより細い);〔革ひも〕a strap ⇒なわ(縄)靴のひもa shoestring/a shoelace羽...
ぷっつり
I〔ひもなどが切れる様子〕糸がぷっつりと切れたThe thread snapped [broke off].縄は真ん中でぷっつり切られていたThe rope had been severed [...