Word Meaning 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
泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う is read as どろぼうをとらえてなわをなう (dorobou o toraetenawa o nau) 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 toraetenawa o nau
Writing Variants
- 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