idiom : common saying > It's too late to plug the leak when the boat is in midstream
Late to the middle of a river boat trap
Explanation: Ship to the middle of the river just fill holes. Analogy remedy is not timely, for it does not help. Usage: Complex sentence; for clause; that did not prepare in advance, interim measures are not effective Source: Yuan Zheng Guangzu "Qi Zhiyong _set_" Third off: "You are now shipping to the middle of the river trap later, it arrived in a timely turn received much to ride."
chuán dào jiāng xīn bǔ lòu chí
Ship has been moving to fill gaps until the river is too late, we do not solve the problem compared to the time too late
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Analogy impromptu, temporary scared stricken
Analogy impromptu, temporary scared stricken. Yuan Revival after "set Qi Zhiyong," the third section: "You are now shipping to the middle of the river Traps late, how many think twice before they arrived close to ride." Yuan Anonymous "Hundred Flowers Pavilion" the third section: "is the boat to the middle of the river can be Traps late, only with my soul scattered soul fly. "Ming Gao" Tale of the dissemination of classified forest ":" This is wrong Lam kinds of jade marry today in boat to the middle of the river late Traps. "