[ jiāngxīnb?lòu ] mend a leaking boat in midstream -- too late; repair the leakage when the boat is already in the middle of the stream
Related Translations:
船到江心补漏迟: to repair a leak in midstream is too late to avoid a disaster. -- take action before trouble occurs; it's too late to plug the leak when the boat is in midstream.; it will be too late to m
Example Sentences:
1.
It is too late to spare when the bottom is bare 临堤走马收?晚,船到江心补漏迟。
2.
But it ' s too late to mend the ship ' s leak in the middle of the river 悬崖勒马犹未晚,船到江心补漏迟。