泥どろ縄なわ

noun

last-minute measure; too-late action

Abbreviation of the proverb 泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う (making rope after catching the thief). Refers to starting preparations only after the problem has already occurred; a hasty, belated measure.

See also: 泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う

• 試し験けん前ぜん日じつの勉べん強きょうは泥どろ縄なわだ。

  Studying the day before the exam is a last-minute measure.

• 泥どろ縄なわ式しきの対たい策さくでは間まに合あわない。

  Hasty, last-minute measures won't be in time.