barn door
Speech parts
1. barn door - Noun
2. barn door - Verb
Meaning
the large sliding door of a barn
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barn-door
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I see this fella built like a barn door... and there's all these fox hunters, who didn't like me, screaming and shouting and as I walked past him I looked at him and he hit me with something.
He was a devout believer in the second chance. To the man who asked, "What's the point of closing the barn door after the horse has been stolen?” Murray would answer, "The point is that the door is now closed.”.
Don't close the barn door after the horse runs away.
Don't shut the barn door after the horse is stolen.
There's no use in closing the barn door after the horse is stolen.
At the end of the day, we may find the whole world closed the barn door after the horse got loose.