Word Meaning 泥棒を捕らえて縄をなう
どろぼうをとらえてなわをなう
dorobou o toraetenawaonau
泥棒を捕らえて縄をなう is read as どろぼうをとらえてなわをなう (dorobou o toraetenawaonau) and means starting something in the eleventh hour.
Meaning
English
- starting something in the eleventh hour
- have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain
- don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen
- braiding the rope only after the thief is caught
Reading
Kana
どろぼうをとらえてなわをなう
Romaji
dorobou o toraetenawaonau
Writing Variants
- 泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う どろぼうをとらえてなわをなう dorobou o toraetenawa o nau